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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Zonulispirinae

Pilsbryspira leucocyma (Dall, 1884)


Range: 28.97°N to 22°S; 97°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 20 m (live 0 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum zebra Lamarck, 1822
Pleurotoma zebra (Lamarck, 1822) 
Drillia leucocyma Dall, 1884
Crassispira leucocyma (Dall, 1884) 
Monilispira leucocyma (Dall, 1884) 

Details


Drillia leucocyma Dall, 1884, p. 328-329, pl. 10, fig. 8
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Key West
Range: 28.97°N to 22°S; 97°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 20 m (live 0 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: British Virgin Islands, St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Moore (1958a) W; Olsson & McGinty (1958); Lyons et al. (1971) DN; Maes (1983) l; Lyons (1989b) d; Díaz et al. (1990) L; Fernández Milera (1998)
Comments: Buccinum zebra Lamarck, 1822 might be an older name.
Combining Genera:  Crassispira Monilispira

Drillia leucomya sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for leucocyma by Maury (1922).

Buccinum zebra Lamarck, 1822b, p. 275, [Lister, pl. 929, fig. 23]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Kiener (1840)
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Maes (1983) c
Comments: May be an older name for Pilsbryspira leucocyma according to Maes (1983).
Combining Genera:  Pleurotoma


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1884. On a collection of shells sent from Florida by Mr. Henry Hemphill Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6(384) 318-342, pl. 10. [Stated date: -- --- 1883; true date: -- Jan 1884.]
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertčbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertčbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]

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