Turritella alternataSay, 1822a, p. 243-244 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: [Eastern] United States Range: 46°N to 36.5°N; 74°W to 63°W Depth: 0 to 37 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina References: Bousfield (1964) NE; Houbrick (1993) c Combining Genera: Bittium Diastoma
Pasithea nigraTotten, 1834, p. 369, figs. 7a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: Rhode Island Range: 41.5°N ; 71.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm Distribution: USA: Rhode Island References: Totten (1834) NSEWM; Totten (1835) s (of reticulatum); Houbrick (1993) s Combining Genera: Bittium
Cerithium reticulatumTotten, 1835, p. 352-353, fig. 8 [Synonym] Type Locality: Narraganset roads, Rhode Island; Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Range: 42°N to 41.3°N; 71.4°W to 70.2°W Depth: 0 to 1 m (live 0 to 1 m) Maximum Reported Size: 7.1 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island References: Totten (1834) WM; C. B. Adams (1839) DdLlNSE; Gould (1841) s (of C. sayi) Comments: Non Perry, 1811.
Cerithium sayiGould, 1841, p. 278-279, fig. 183 [Synonym] Attributed to: Menke Type Locality: Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, New Bedford, &c. Range: 41.6°N to 41°N; 72.5°W to 70.3°W Depth: 0 to 4 m (live 0 to 4 m) Maximum Reported Size: 7.5 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York References: Gould (1841) NEM; S. Smith (1860) DdSW; Long Island Shell Club (1988) s Comments: Kurtz's (1860) record from North Carolina needs confirmation.
Diastoma virginicaHenderson & Bartsch, 1914, p. 419-420, pl. 14, fig. 3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Chincoteague Bay, Virginia Range: 37.9°N to 34.5°N; 76.5°W to 75.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 8.3 mm Distribution: USA: Virginia, North Carolina References: Henderson & Bartsch (1914) NEM; Porter (1974) SW
Partial List of References
Gould, A. A. 1841. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts xiii + 373 pp. Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State: Cambridge, Massachusetts. [True date: pre Oct.] Henderson, J. B. and P. Bartsch. 1914. Littoral marine mollusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2055) 411-421, pls. 13-14. [Stated date: 29 Oct 1914.] Say, T. 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 221-248, 257-276, 302-325. [Stated date: -- Jun 1822; true date: -- Jul 1822.] Totten, J. G. 1834. Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England American Journal of Science and Arts 26 366-369, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Jul 1834.] Totten, J. G. 1835. Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2 American Journal of Science and Arts 28 347-353, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Jul 1835.]
