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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Personidae

Distorsio constricta mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953


Range: 34.98°N to 30.83°S; 91.47°W to 37°W
Depth: 25 to 274 m (live 52 to 65 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 65  mm

Synonymy

Triton simillimus auct. non Sowerby I, 1850
Distorsio floridana Olsson & McGinty, 1951
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953
Distorsio macgintyi Poirier, 1954

Details


Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 34.98°N to 30.83°S; 91.47°W to 37°W
Depth: 25 to 274 m (live 52 to 65 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State; Panama, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela; Bermuda, Cuba: North Matanzas; Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Dominica; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Springer & Bullis (1956) W; Clench & Turner (1957) D; Porter (1970) lN; Porter (1974) L; Rios et al. (1975) S; Kronenberg (1994) M
Comments: Distorsio constricta constricta Broderip, 1833 is Eastern Pacific.

Distorsio constricta floridana Olsson & McGinty, 1951, p. 27-28, pl. 1, figs. 5-6, 9
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Off Palm Beach, Florida
Range: 26.7°N ; 80°W
Depth: 55 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida
References: Olsson & McGinty (1951) DdNSEWM; Clench & Turner (1957) s
Comments: Non Gardner, 1947.

Distorsio constricta macgintyi Poirier, 1954, p. 61
[Synonym]
Comments: Unjustified emendation for mcgintyi by Poirier (1954: 4, 55, 61, 76, 101). Poirier changed the spelling for several different taxa named for McGinty and so is considered to emended the name under the last clause of ICZN Article 33.2.1. Lewis (1972: 29) explicit emended the name.

Triton simillimus auct. non Sowerby I, 1850, 
[Not available]
References: Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Misidentification by Gabb (1881) and Woodring (1928).


Partial List of References

Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1951. A Distorsio new to the Florida fauna Nautilus 65 26-28, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Jul 1951.]
Poirier, H. 1954. An Up-to-date Systematic List of 3200 Seashells from Greenland to Texas  215 pp.

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