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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Cassinae

Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855


Range: 30.11°N to 12°S; 94.98°W to 35°W
Depth: 5 to 640 m (live 40 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 71  mm

Synonymy

Cassidaria striata Lamarck, 1816
Sconsia laevigata auct. non Sowerby, 1850
Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855
Cassidaria sublaevigata auct. non Guppy, 1866
Sconsia barbudensis Higgins & Marrat, 1877
Sconsia bocasensis Olsson, 1922
Sconsia gabbi Olsson, 1922
Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1987

Details


Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855c, p. 136, pl. 28, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown [Designated as off Punta Allegre {sic, Alegre}, Cuba by Beu (2008)]
Range: 25°N to 12°S; 80°W to 35°W
Depth: 20 m
Distribution: USA: Florida; Colombia, Bahamas, Cuba, Barbuda, Brazil: Bahia
References: Beu (2008) vDdNSEW

Sconsia barbudensis Higgins & Marrat, 1877, p. 7, pl. 1, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barbuda
Range: 17.6°N ; 61.8°W
Depth: 27 m
Maximum Reported Size: 67 mm
Distribution: Barbuda
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) DdNSEW; Clench & Abbott (1943a) s (of S. striata); Clench (1959b) T; Beu (2008) s

Sconsia bocasensis Olsson, 1922, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2008) s

Sconsia gabbi Olsson, 1922, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2008) s

Sconsia laevigata auct. non Sowerby, 1850, 
[Not available]
Range: 12.26°N to 8.22°N; 76.62°W to 64.5°W
Depth: 25 to 62 m
Maximum Reported Size: 71 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon, Isla Margarita
References: Petuch (1981a) DdNSEWM; Petuch (1987) s (of S. striata)
Comments: Misidentification by Gabb (1881) and Petuch (1981).

Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1987, p. 96, pl. 15, figs. 7-8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cartagena, Colombia
Range: 12°N to 9°N; 76°W to 72°W
Depth: 5 to 82 m
Maximum Reported Size: 71 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon
References: Petuch (1987) dSWM; Sunderland & Sunderland (1991a) DNE; Rios (1994) s (of S. striata); Kreipl (1997) v; Beu (2008) s

Cassidaria striata Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 216], pl. 405, figs. 2a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Unknown (Lamarck 1822b); designated as off Punta Alegre, Camaguey, Cuba by Clench & Abbott (1943)]
Range: 30.11°N to 12°S; 94.98°W to 35°W
Depth: 27 to 640 m (live 40 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Mississippi, Texas; Florida Strait (offshore), Mexico: Campeche Bank; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Matanzas, South Matanzas, Villa Clara, North Ciego de Avila; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas
References: Hildebrand (1954) d; Springer & Bullis (1956) NW; Bayer (1971); Odé (1982a) Ll; Beu (2008) s
Comments: Non Cassis striata J. Sowerby, 1812, a Sconsia (see Beu 2008). Lightbourn's (1991) record from Bermuda needs confirmation.

Cassidaria sublaevigata auct. non Guppy, 1866, 
[Not available]
References: Robinson (1991) s (of S. striata)
Comments: Misidentification by Gabb (1881) and Olsson (1964).


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22 130-138, pl. 28. [Stated date: -- --- 1854; true date: -- Apr 1855.]
Higgins, H. H. and F. P. Marrat. 1877. Mollusca of the Argo Expedition to the West Indies, 1876 Museum Report of the Free Public Library, Museum and Gallery of Art of the Borough of Liverpool 1 19 pp., 1 pl.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]

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