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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Tornidae

Teinostoma megastoma (C. B. Adams, 1850)


Range: 34°N to 23°S; 97°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 123 m (live 0 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5  mm

Synonymy

Vitrinella megastoma C. B. Adams, 1850
Teinostoma biscaynense auct. non Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945

Details


Vitrinella megastoma C. B. Adams, 1850e, p. 7, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Port Royal, Jamaica
Range: 34°N to 23°S; 97°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 123 m (live 0 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: C. B. Adams (1850e) d{DM}; Usticke (1959) {E}; Moore (1964) c; Odé (1987d) DLlWM; Rios (1994) SE

Teinostoma biscaynense auct. non Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945, 
[Not available]
References: Odé (1987d) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Teinostoma megalostomea sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for megastoma by Odé (1973c).


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Monograph of Vitrinella, a New Genus of New Species of Turbinidae  10 pp. Author: Amherst, Massachusetts. [Stated date: -- Feb 1850.]

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