Range: 32.3°N to 20.5°S; 92°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 48 m (live 0 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Synonymy
Planaxis lineata (da Costa, 1778) Angiola lineata (da Costa, 1778) Buccinum lineatum da Costa, 1778 Buccinum strigosum Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum zebra Mühlfeld, 1816 Planaxis brasilianus auct. non Lamarck, 1822 Buccinum pediculare Lamarck, 1822 Planaxis pedicularis (Lamarck, 1822) Buccinum undulatum W. Wood, 1828 Planaxis herrmannseni Dunker, 1853 Planaxis succinctus A. Adams, 1853 Planaxis eboreus E. A. Smith, 1872 Planaxis longispira E. A. Smith, 1872 Buccinum pygmaeum Tryon, 1887
Details
Buccina Recurvirostra lineatumda Costa, 1778, p. 130, pl. 8, fig. 5 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Cornwall, England and West Indies Range: 32.3°N to 20.5°S; 92°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 48 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla la Blanquilla; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Barbados, Brazil: Trindade Island; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands, St. Helena References: E. A. Smith (1890b); Dautzenberg (1900); M. Smith (1941) {M}; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Bernard (1984) E; Houbrick (1987) c; Princz (1987); Leal (1991b) D; Redfern (2001) M Comments: M. Smith (1941) 26.7°N in Florida; sometimes considered also to occur in the Indo-Pacific, but see Kay (1979). Combining Genera: Angiola Planaxis
Planaxis brasilianus auct. non Lamarck, 1822, [Not available] Comments: Misidentification; H. brasilianum is Indo-Pacific.
Planaxis eboreusE. A. Smith, 1872a, p. 42-43 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Thomas and St. Vincent, West Indies Range: 18.3°N to 16°S; 65°W to 5.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena References: E. A. Smith (1872a) NWM; Tryon (1887) s; E. A. Smith (1890b) SE
Planaxis herrmannseni Dunker, 1853, [Synonym] References: Tryon (1887) s
Planaxis longispiraE. A. Smith, 1872a, p. 45 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: 'Chinese seas' Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm References: E. A. Smith (1872a) M
Buccinum pediculareLamarck, 1822b, p. 275 [Synonym] Type Locality: Java [in error] Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Mörch (1876a) s Combining Genera: Planaxis
Buccinum pygmaeum Tryon, 1887, [Not available] References: Tryon (1887) s Comments: Bruguière (1789) used Buccinum lineatum as the valid name; his Buccin pygmée is vernacular, but was taken by Tryon as a new name.
Buccinum strigosumGmelin, 1791, p. 3488, [Martini 4, pl. 125, fig. 1183] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Unknown References: Tryon (1887) s Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791 (p. 3476), nec Gmelin, 1791 (p. 3494).
Planaxis succinctaA. Adams, 1853e, p. 271 [Synonym] Type Locality: Peru, and the West Indies References: Tryon (1887) s
Buccinum undulatum W. Wood, 1828, [Synonym] References: Schiötte & Warén (1992:14) s
Buccinum zebraMühlfeld, 1816, p. 6, pl. 1, fig. 7 [Synonym] Type Locality: Mittelländische Meer Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm References: Mühlfeld (1816) M; Mörch (1876a) s
Partial List of References
Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian Collection Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 267-272. [Stated date: -- Nov 1851; true date: 07 Dec 1853.] da Costa, E. M. 1778. British Conchology xii + 254 + viii, pl. 17. [Stated date: -- --- 1778; true date: post 22 Jun.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.] Mühlfeld, J. C. M. von. 1816. Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die Neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesammten Naturkunde 8 3-11, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: -- --- 1818; true date: -- --- 1816.] Smith, E. A. 1872. Remarks on several species of Bullidae, with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed forms, and of a new species of Planaxis Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)9 344-355.
