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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Ovulidae

Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939


Range: 35°N to 19.3°N; 97.2°W to 61°W
Depth: 0.8 to 90 m (live 0.8 to 90 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 39.5  mm

Synonymy

Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939
Cyphoma robustius F. M. Bayer, 1941
Cyphoma macgintyi Poirier, 1954

Details


Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939b, p. 108, [Nautilus 53, pl. 1, figs. 3-3a, 4, 11-12]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: South of Boynton Inlet of Lake Worth
Range: 35°N to 19.3°N; 97.2°W to 61°W
Depth: 0.8 to 90 m (live 0.8 to 90 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 39.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1939b) M; Porter (1974) DL; Lozet & Pétron (1977) E; Boone (1983c) W; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) {SW}; Espinosa (1989) l; Hess & Abbott (1994) S; García (2008b)

Cyphoma macgintyi Poirier, 1954, p. 55
[Synonym]
Comments: Unjustified emendation of mcgintyi by Poirier (1954: 4, 55, 61, 76, 101).

Cyphoma mcgintyi var. robustior F. M. Bayer, 1941, p. 45-46, pl. 3, figs. 10-15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, probably in Apalachee Bay
Range: 34°N to 30°N; 84°W to 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 39 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: West Florida
References: Bayer (1941) SWM; Porter (1974) NE


Partial List of References

Bayer, [F. M.] 1941. Notes on Florida Mollusca, with descriptions of two new varieties Nautilus 55 43-46, pl. 3. [Stated date: -- Oct 1941.]
Pilsbry, H. A. 1939. Cyphoma mcgintyi, new species Nautilus 52 108. [Stated date: -- Jan 1939.]
Poirier, H. 1954. An Up-to-date Systematic List of 3200 Seashells from Greenland to Texas  215 pp.

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