Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 96.5°W to 0°W Depth: -0.3 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Synonymy
Bulimus monile Bruguière, 1789 Conovulus monile (Bruguière, 1789) Pira monile (Bruguière, 1789) Auricula monile (Bruguière, 1789) Melampus flavus auct. non Gmelin, 1791 Melampus coronatus C. B. Adams, 1849 Melampus fuscus Mörch, 1852 Melampus torosa Mörch, 1852 Auricula zonata Sowerby II, 1878 Melampus albus C. A. Davis, 1904 Melampus purpureus C. A. Davis, 1904
Details
Bulimus monileBruguière, 1789, p. 338-339 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Antilles [San Juan, Puerto Rico (Martins 1996)] Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 89°W to 0°W Depth: -0.3 to 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Belize, Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo, Isla la Blanquilla; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Andros, New Providence; Turks and Caicos, Cuba: North Havana Province, Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Brac; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Antigua, Guadeloupe; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro References: Cosel (1982c) E; Vokes & Vokes (1983) W; Cosel (1986) d; Princz (1987); Martins (1996) NM Comments: Record from Port Maria, Texas by Martins (1996: 295) is an error for Port Maria, Jamaica (F. Moretzsohn, pers. comm., based on inquiry to USNM). Combining Genera: Auricula Conovulus Pira
Melampus flavus var. albusC. A. Davis, 1904, p. 126, pl. 4, fig. 7 [Synonym] Type Locality: Hungry Bay, Bermuda Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W Distribution: Bermuda References: C. A. Davis (1904) NSEW; Baker (1964) T; Martins (1996) s
Melampus coronatusC. B. Adams, 1849b, p. 41, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Maximum Reported Size: 2.8 mm Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1849b) NSEWM; Shuttleworth (1854) s; Johnson & Boss (1972) T; Martins (1996) s
Melampus coronula sic, [Not available] References: Maury (1922) s Comments: Error for coronatus C. B. Adams by H. & A. Adams, 1854.
Melampus flavus auct. non Gmelin, 1791, [Not available] Range: 30°N to 9.4°N; 96.5°W to 61.5°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Distribution: Panama, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba References: Maury (1922) DdLlWN; Clench (1938b); Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) {S}; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Martins (1996) s Comments: Misidentification.
Melampus fuscaMörch, 1852, p. 38, [Martini, 1773, pl. 43, fig. 445] [Synonym] Attributed to: Martini Type Locality: Antilles References: Martins (1996) s
Melampus flavus var. purpureusC. A. Davis, 1904, p. 126, pl. 4, fig. 6 [Synonym] Type Locality: Bermuda Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W Distribution: Bermuda References: C. A. Davis (1904) NSEW; Baker (1964) T; Martins (1996) s
Melampus torosaMörch, 1852, p. 38, [Martini, 1773, pl. 43, fig. 444] [Synonym] Attributed to: Martini Type Locality: Unknown References: Maury (1922) s; Martins (1996) s
Auricula zonataSowerby II, 1878b, pl. 5, fig. 38 [Synonymy uncertain] Attributed to: Mühlfeldt MS Type Locality: West Indies Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm References: Sowerby II (1878b) M; Rosenberg (herein) s?
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1849. New Auriculidae which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 3 41-42. [Stated date: -- Oct 1849.] Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 1-344. Panckoucke: Paris. Davis, C. A. 1904. Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands Nautilus 17 125-130, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Mar 1904.] Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus Primus [vi] + 170 pp. Hafniae. [Stated date: -- --- 1852; true date: pre 1 Oct.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1878. Monograph of the genus Auricula Conchologia Iconica 20 pl. 1-7
