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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Cerithiidae

Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832


Range: 35°N to 16.5°N; 97°W to 76°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26  mm

Synonymy

Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828
Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832
Cerithium minor Mörch, 1876
Cerithium stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876
Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892
Cerithium protractum Vignal, 1902
Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949
Cerithium pacei Petuch, 1987

Details


Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832b, pl. 49, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Southern shores of Florida
Range: 35°N to 16.5°N; 97°W to 76°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Honduras, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Andros; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth, Isle of Pines), North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, North Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica
References: Haas (1941) S; Houbrick (1974) NEWMT; Fernández Milera (1998)

Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892b, p. 282-283, pl. 14, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Caloosahatchie beds, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
References: Dall (1892b) M; Houbrick (1974) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949b, p. 65-66, pl. 1, fig. 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: About seven miles off Hudson, Florida
Range: 28.4°N ; 82.7°W
Depth: 5.5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22.7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Pilsbry (1949b) DdNSEWM; Houbrick (1974) s

Cerithium (Vertagus?) stercus muscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876a, p. 111, not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Bahama
Distribution: Bahamas
Comments: Nude name.

Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828, p. 33, not figured
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Dall (1892) s
Comments: Nude name; replacement name for Nassa stercusmuscarum "Say", presumably based on specimens distributed by Say under that name (see Dall 1892: 283).

Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987, p. 52, pl. 3, figs. 19-20
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Enclosed salt water lake (the Fishing Pond) near Palmetto, Eleuthera Is., Bahamas
Range: 25°N ; 76°W
Depth: 0.3 m (live 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Eleuthera

Cerithium protractum Vignal, 1902, 
[Synonym]
References: Houbrick (1974) s

Cerithium (Vertagus?) stercus muscarum Mörch, 1876a, p. 111, [Say 1832, pl. 49, fig. 1]
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: South shore of Florida
Distribution: USA: Florida; Cuba
References: Dall (1892) s
Comments: Nude name in Menke (1828, 1830), attributed to Say; misspelling in Kiener (1842: 47), citing American Conchology, where Say used Cerithium muscarum; unjustified emendation by Mörch (1876a), who cited both spelling.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1892. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part II. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 [i-vii], 201-473, 1 fold-out map, pls. 13-22. [Stated date: -- Dec 1892.]
Menke, K. T. 1828. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum  xii + 91 pp. Author: Pyrmont. [True date: post Feb.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]
Pilsbry, H. A. 1949. New Cerithiidae from Florida Nautilus 63 65-66, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Oct 1949.]
Say, T. 1832. American Conchology 5  pls. 41-50. Thomas Say: New Harmony, Indiana. [Stated date: -- Aug 1832.]

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