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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Costoanachis hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 28°N to 10.8°N; 97°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m (live 1 to 46 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8.2  mm

Synonymy

Columbella hotessieriana d'Orbigny, 1842
Anachis hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Suturoglypta hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Colombella hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Columbella guildingii Sowerby I, 1844
Colombella hotessieri d'Orbigny, 1847
Columbella hotessieri (d'Orbigny, 1847) 
Anachis mcgintyi Usticke, 1959
Anachis teres Usticke, 1969

Details


Columbella hotessieriana d'Orbigny, 1842b, pl. 21, figs. 37-39
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Guadeloupe
Range: 28°N to 10.8°N; 97°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m (live 1 to 46 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Guadeloupe
References: Maury (1922) N; Radwin (1977b) T; Odé (1984b) DdLlWM; Díaz et al. (1990) S
Combining Genera:  Anachis Colombella Suturoglypta

Columbella guildingii Sowerby I, 1844a, p. 143[bis], pl. 40, fig. 175-176
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Vincent's
Range: 13°N to 11.3°N; 74°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 15 m
Distribution: Colombia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Sowerby I (1844a) NE; Dautzenberg (1900) DdSW; Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Faber (2004c) T
Comments: Possibly an older name for Costoanachis fenneli (Radwin, 1968) according to Faber (2004c).

Colombella hotessieri d'Orbigny, 1847b, p. 138-139
[Synonym]
Range: 27.7°N to 16.5°N; 82.5°W to 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
References: Simpson (1887a) NSEW
Comments: d'Orbigny (1847) changed the spellings of both Colombella hotessieriana and Nassa hotessieriana d'Orbigny, 1842b to hotessieri, which is an unjustified emendation.
Combining Genera:  Columbella

Anachis mcgintyi Usticke, 1959, p. 67, pl. 3, fig. 15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Altona Bay and Ham Bay, St. Croix
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W to 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) NSEWM; Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001) T; de Maintenon in Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) s

Anachis guildingii f. teres Usticke, 1969, p. 16, pl. 3, fig. 754
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix (Christiansted Harbor)
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8.2 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1969) NSEW; Usticke (1971) M; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001) T; de Maintenon in Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) s
Comments: Listed as a form in the text, a subspecies in the index and a species on the plate; therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1. (see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 129-224, pls. 22-25?. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: pre May?]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1844. Monograph of the genus Columbella Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 109[bis]-146[bis], pls. 36-40 [True date: pre 11 Apr.]
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.]
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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