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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Daphnellinae

Daphnella lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840)


Range: 26°N to 13°S; 87°W to 39°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m (live 0.3 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma lymneiformis Kiener, 1840
Pleurotoma decorata C. B. Adams, 1850
Daphnella barbadensis Usticke, 1969

Details


Pleurotoma lymneiformis Kiener, 1840a, p. 62-63, pl. 22, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: l'Océan indien, les côtes de l'île de France
Range: 26°N to 13°S; 87°W to 39°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m (live 0.3 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines; Brazil: Bahia
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) DN; Princz (1982a); Fernández Milera (1998); Fallon (2008)

Daphnella barbadensis Usticke, 1969, p. 30, pl. 6, fig. 1222
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barbados
Range: 13.2°N ; 59.6°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13.5 mm
Distribution: Barbados
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Faber (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T

Pleurotoma decorata C. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 62-63, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850c) NSEWM; Krebs (1864: 12-13) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.]
Kiener, L. C. 1840. Genre Pleurotome. (Pleurotoma, Lam.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 5 17-84, ??
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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