Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 92°W to 38.5°W Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Synonymy
Potamides minima (Gmelin, 1791) Pyrazus minima (Gmelin, 1791) Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) Murex minimus Gmelin, 1791 Cerithium heteroclytes auct. non Lamarck, 1822 Cerithium clathratum Menke, 1828 Cerithium nigrescens Menke, 1828 Lampania septemstriata (Say, 1832) Cerithium septemstriatum Say, 1832 Cerithium peloritanum auct. non Cantraine, 1835 Cerithium albovittatum auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850 Cerithium rawsoni Mörch, 1876 Pyrazus rawsoni (Mörch, 1876) Cerithium minus Calkins, 1878 Pyrazus degenerata (Dall, 1894) Cerithium degeneratum Dall, 1894 Cerithium albocoopertum C. A. Davis, 1904
Details
Murex minimusGmelin, 1791, p. 3564, [Lister pl. 1018, fig. 81] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 92°W to 38.5°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth, Isle of Pines), North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, North Camaguey, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbuda, Martinique, Brazil: Ceara, Rio de Janeiro References: Dautzenberg (1900); Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Fernández Milera (1998); Simone (2001b); Macsotay & Campos (2001) Comments: 27.7°N in west Florida; 26.6°N in east Florida (Bequaert 1942); adventitious or fossil in Texas (Odé 1990c). Combining Genera: Lampanella Potamides Pyrazus
Cerithium albocoopertumC. A. Davis, 1904, p. 129, pl. 4, figs. 32-33 [Synonym] Type Locality: Bermuda Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W Distribution: Bermuda References: C. A. Davis (1904) NSEW; Bequaert (1942a) s
Cerithium albovittatum auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850, [Not available] Comments: Misidentification by Bequaert (1942).
Cerithium clathratumMenke, 1828, p. 32 [Not available] Type Locality: Not stated References: Bequaert (1942a) s Comments: Nude name; with Nassa septemstriata Say in synonymy; presumably referring to Cerithium septemstriata Say, 1832 which was published four years later.
Cerithium (Pyrazus) septemstriatum var. degeneratumDall, 1894, p. 115, fig. 11 [Synonym] Type Locality: Watling Island, Bahamas [now San Salvador Island] Range: 24°N to 18.5°N; 74.5°W to 66°W Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm Distribution: Bahamas: San Salvador (Watling Is.) References: Dall (1894) NWM; Dall & Simpson (1901) SE; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s Combining Genera: Pyrazus
Cerithium heteroclytes auct. non Lamarck, 1822, [Not available] References: Bequaert (1942b) s Comments: Misidentification by Potiez & Michaud (1838).
Cerithium nigrescens var. minorCalkins, 1878, p. 239 [Synonym] Type Locality: Tortugas Keys, Florida Range: 24.7°N ; 83°W Distribution: USA: Florida: Dry Tortugas References: Calkins (1878) NSEW
Cerithium nigrescensMenke, 1828, p. 85-86 [Synonym] Type Locality: "ad Havannam" [Cuba] Range: 25°N to 23°N; 82.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Cuba: North Havana Province References: Menke (1828) SEWM; Calkins (1878) N; Dautzenberg (1900); Bequaert (1942a) s
Cerithium peloritanum auct. non Cantraine, 1835, [Not available] References: Bequaert (1942b) s Comments: Misidentification by Kiener (1842).
Cerithium mutabile var. rawsoniMörch, 1876a, p. 120 [Synonym] Attributed to: Krebs Type Locality: Barbados [error, Watling Island, Bequaert (1942)] Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: Bahamas: San Salvador (Watling Is.) References: Mörch (1876a) NSEWM Combining Genera: Pyrazus
Cerithium septemstriatumSay, 1832b, pl. 49, fig. 2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Southern coast of Florida Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys References: Say (1832b) M; Melvill (1881) DdLlNSEW; Bequaert (1942a) s Combining Genera: Lampania
Partial List of References
Calkins, W. W. 1878. Catalogue of the marine shells of Florida, with notes and descriptions of several new species Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 2 323-252, 357 (errata). [Stated date: -- May 1878.] Dall, W. H. 1894. Cruise of the steam yacht 'Wild Duck' in the Bahamas, January to April, 1893, in charge of Alexander Agassiz. II. Notes on the shells collected from the shores of the Great Lagoon, Watling Island, Bahamas Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25 113-123, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Oct 1894.] Davis, C. A. 1904. Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands Nautilus 17 125-130, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Mar 1904.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Menke, K. T. 1828. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum xii + 91 pp. Author: Pyrmont. [True date: post Feb.] Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143. Say, T. 1832. American Conchology 5 pls. 41-50. Thomas Say: New Harmony, Indiana. [Stated date: -- Aug 1832.]
