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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Vermetidae

Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953


Range: 30°N to 9.4°N; 86.8°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 31  mm

Synonymy

Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Aletes floridanus (Olsson & Harbison, 1953) 

Details


Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 22, 304, pl. 46, fig. 2-2a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene of North St. Petersburg, Florida
Range: 30°N to 9.4°N; 86.8°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 31 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953); Warmke & Abbott (1961) E; Radwin (1969) S; Ekdale (1974) W
Comments: Olsson & Harbison (1953) reported recent specimens from the Florida Keys when they named the species.
Combining Genera:  Aletes


Partial List of References

Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 vii + 459, 65 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.]

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