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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Turritellidae

Torcula exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 35°N to 21.62°S; 96.3°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 2 to 183 m (live 9 to 140 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 75  mm

Synonymy

Epitonium exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Torcula exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Turbo exoletus Linnaeus, 1758
Turbo torcularis Born, 1778
Turbo obsoletus Gmelin, 1791
Turritella gracilior Mörch, 1876

Details


Turbo exoletus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 766, [Bonan. recr. 3, t. 113]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in Europa australi
Range: 35°N to 21.62°S; 96.3°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 2 to 183 m (live 9 to 140 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo, Los Testigos; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, South Camaguey, Granma, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Barbuda, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Trindade Island
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Perry & Schwengel (1955) l; Parker & Curray (1956) W; Porter (1974) L; Princz (1977); Leal (1991b) SE; Fernández Milera (1998); Petuch (2001) c
Combining Genera:  Epitonium Torcula

Turritella (Torcula) exoleta var. gracilior Mörch, 1876a, p. 128, [Born 1780, pl. 13, fig. 7]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Europa australi (from reference to Born 1780)]
Comments: Objective synonym of Turbo obsoletus Gmelin, 1791.

Turbo obsoletus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3612, [Born 1780, pl. 13, fig. 7]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Tryon (1886) s

Turbo torcularis Born, 1778, p. 368
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Tryon (1886) s

Turbo torculosa sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for torcularis by Mörch (1876).


Partial List of References

Born, I. 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I. Testacea  [xlii] + 458 + [82] pp., 1 pl. Offficina Krausiana: Wien.
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.

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