Range: 34°N to 20.53°S; 82.58°W to 34.9°W Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 5 to 5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Synonymy
Pleurotoma minor C. B. Adams, 1845 Psarostola minus (C. B. Adams, 1845) Nassarina minus (C. B. Adams, 1845) Nassarina glypta auct. non Bush, 1885
Details
Pleurotoma minorC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 4, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 34°N to 20.53°S; 82.58°W to 34.9°W Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Costa Rica, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cayman Islands: Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Espirito Santo References: Porter (1974) N; Princz (1982a); Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Díaz et al. (1990) L; Leal (1991b) S; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) W Comments: Specimen from St. Martin listed by Jong & Coomans (1988) is probably Nassarina glypta and the specimen illustrated by Diaz & Puyana (1994) is an unidentified turrid according to Faber (2004c). See also comments under Steironepion pygmaeum. Combining Genera: Nassarina Psarostola
Nassarina glypta auct. non Bush, 1885, [Not available] References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) s Comments: Misidentification by Dall & Simpson (1901).
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
