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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Rhizoridae

Volvulella minuta (Bush, 1885)


Range: 35.34°N to 24°S; 96.3°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 to 305 m (live 73 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6  mm

Synonymy

Rhizorus acuta (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Bulla acuta d'Orbigny, 1841
Volvula minuta Bush, 1885
Volvula bushii Dall, 1889
Volvulella recta Harry, 1967

Details


Volvula minuta Bush, 1885a, p. 469, pl. 45, fig. 11
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 14-16 fathoms [USFC sta. 2113 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.34°N to 28°N; 82°W to 69°W
Depth: 26 to 29 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: West Florida
References: Bush (1885a) DdNM

Bulla acuta d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 126, pl. 4, figs. 17-20
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Several localities
Range: 29.7°N to 9.4°N; 96.3°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 93 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe, Martinique
References: d'Orbigny (1841b) EM; Dall & Simpson (1901); Parker & Curray (1956) {d}W; Olsson & McGinty (1958) dS; Menzel (1963) N; Rice & Kornicker (1965) D{dW}; Jong & Coomans (1988) s
Comments: Non Grateloup, 1828.
Combining Genera:  Rhizorus

Volvula bushii Dall, 1889a, p. 51
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2602, 36 mile S ½ W. from Cape Hatteras, N. C.
Range: 34.64°N ; 75.56°W
Depth: 227 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW

Volvulella recta Harry, 1967, p. 137, fig. 11 [d'Orbigny 1841b, pl. 4, fig. 17-20]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Mörch (1875)
Type Locality: Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique and 'toutes les Antilles'
Range: 30°N to 24°S; 94°W to 38°W
Depth: 5 to 305 m (live 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; USA: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Brazil: Abrolhos Islands
References: Princz (1982a); Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Marcus (1977b) NSE; Odé (1990b) DLlWM
Comments: Emendation of acuta based on Mörch's (1875) confusion of Bulla recta and Bulla acuta d'Orbigny (see Jong & Coomans 1988).


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453-480, pl. 45.
d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.]
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Harry, H. W. 1967. A review of the living tectibranch snails of the genus Volvulella, with descriptions of a new subgenus and species from Texas Veliger 10 133-147. [Stated date: 01 Oct 1967.]

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