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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Haminoeoidea: Haminoeidae

Atys macandrewii E. A. Smith, 1872


Range: 28°N to 10.35°S; 91°W to 13°W
Depth: 0 to 75 m (live 0 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.3  mm

Synonymy

Atys macandrewii E. A. Smith, 1872
Atys lineatus Usticke, 1959

Details


Atys m'andrewii E. A. Smith, 1872b, p. 346, [Martínez & Ortea 1998, fig. 1a-c, syntype]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Lancerote [Azores]
Range: 28°N to 10.35°S; 91°W to 13°W
Depth: 0 to 75 m (live 0 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana; Costa Rica, Panama; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bahamas: New Providence; Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Brazil: Maranhao, Alagoas; Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands
References: E. A. Smith (1872b) E; Aguayo (1935); Ev. Marcus (1971) SM; Martínez & Ortea (1998) T; Espinosa & Ortea (2003a) {W}; García & Lee (2003) NW; Collin et al. (2005) dLl; Espinosa et al. (2006); ANSP d{N}
Comments: Emended by Ortiz-Corps (1985:170); probably should be spelled mandrewii according to ICZN Article 32.5.2.3, but macandrewi is maintained, being in prevailing usage (Article 33.3.1).

Atys lineata Usticke, 1959, p. 85, pl. 4, fig. 15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix
Range: 18°N to 17.8°N; 65.5°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) SEM; Warmke & Abbott (1961) NW; Ev. Marcus (1971) s; Boyko & Sage (1996) T; Martínez & Ortea (1998) sT


Partial List of References

Smith, E. A. 1872. A list of species of the genus Planaxis, with descriptions of eleven new species Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)9 37-47. [Stated date: -- Jan 1872.]
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix  vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]

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