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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Littorinidae

Echinolittorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)


Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: -1 to 0 m (live -1 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Phasianella meleagris Potiez & Michaud, 1838
Fossarilittorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) 
Littorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) 
Nodilittorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) 
Phasianella punctata Pfeiffer, 1840
Litorina guttata Philippi, 1847
Littorina guttata (Philippi, 1847) 
Littorina hidalgoi Arango, 1880

Details


Phasianella meleagris Potiez & Michaud, 1838, p. 311
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: -1 to 0 m (live -1 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Zulia, Falcon, Carabobo, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados
References: Potiez & Michaud (1838) M; Dautzenberg (1900) d; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Voss & Voss (1960) l; Andrews (1977) W; Princz (1978b); Bernard (1984) E; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a); Williams et al. (2003) c
Comments: J. Andrews (1977) 28°N in Texas.
Combining Genera:  Fossarilittorina Littorina Nodilittorina

Litorina guttata Philippi, 1847b, p. 197-198, pl. 4, fig. 7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba
Range: 25°N to 23°N; 81°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Cuba
References: Philippi (1847b) SM; M. Smith (1941) NEW; Bequaert (1943) s
Comments: New name for Phasianella punctata Pfeiffer, 1840, non Turbo puncata Gmelin, 1791.
Combining Genera:  Littorina

Littorina hidalgoi Arango, 1880, p. 159, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: La Habana y la Chorrera [Havana Province], Cuba
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Bequaert (1943) s

Phasianella punctata Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 255-256, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste (Pfeiffer 1839: 349), Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEWM; Bequaert (1943) s
Comments: Non Turbo punctata Gmelin.


Partial List of References

Arango, R. 1880. Contribucion a la Fauna Malacologica Cubana  137-280, 1-35. G. Montiel: Habana. [Stated date: 15 Jul 1880.]
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.
Philippi, R. A. 1847. Litorina Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 2(7) 195-203, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Mar 1847.]
Potiez, V.-L.-V. and A.-L.-G. Michaud. 1838. Galerie des Mollusques, ou Catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai Galerie des Mollusques 1 xxxvi + 560 + [4] + 56 pp., 37 pls. J.-B. Baillière: Paris.

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