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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Diacavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)


Range: 31.8°N to 39°S; 96°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 to 1234 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Hyalaea ecaudata Blainville, 1821
Hyalaea longirostris Blainville, 1821
Cavolina longirostris (Blainville, 1821) 
Hyalaea femorata Gould, 1852
Hyalaea obtusa Sowerby II, 1877
Cavolina couthouyi Dall, 1908

Details


Hyalaea longirostris Blainville, 1821,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 31.8°N to 39°S; 96°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 to 1234 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7.3 mm
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Veracruz, Quintana Roo; Panama, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Sombrero Island, Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas; Oceanic
References: Pelseneer (1888) D; Leal Rodríguez (1965) W; Princz (1977); Princz (1982a); van der Spoel (1987b) c; van der Spoel, Bleeker & Kobayasi (1993) {D}dNM; van der Spoel & Dadon (1999) SE; Suárez (1994) {W}
Combining Genera:  Cavolina

Cavolina couthouyi Dall, 1908a, p. 501
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Fiji Islands and New South Wales
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
References: Dall (1908a) M

Hyalaea ecaudata Blainville, 1821, 
[Synonym]

Hyalaea femorata Gould, 1852, p. 487-488, [Gould 1860, pl. 51, fig. 603]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Equatorial Atlantic

Hyalaea obtusa Sowerby II, 1877,  pl. 2, fig. 8a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
References: Sowerby II (1877) M


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1908. A new species of Cavolina, with notes on other pteropods Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 50 501-502. [Stated date: 28 Jan 1908.]
Gould, A. A. 1852. Mollusca & Shells United States Exploring Expedition 12 xv + 510 pp. Gould & Lincoln: Boston.
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1877. Monograph of the genus Pteropoda Conchologia Iconica 20 pls. 1-6

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