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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Littorinidae

Littoraria nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822)


Range: 30°N to 6°N; 97.2°W to 54°W
Depth: -1 to 0 m (live -1 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Phasianella nebulosa Lamarck, 1822
Melaraphe nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822) 
Littorina nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822) 
Littorina tigrina d'Orbigny, 1841
Littorina minor Weinkauff, 1878

Details


Phasianella nebulosa Lamarck, 1822b, p. 54
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Saint-Domingue
Range: 30°N to 6°N; 97.2°W to 54°W
Depth: -1 to 0 m (live -1 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Zulia, Falcon, Carabobo; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Granma; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Surinam
References: Parker (1955) {W}; Parker (1959) W; Altena (1975) SE; Princz (1978b); Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Fernández Milera (1998)
Combining Genera:  Littorina Melaraphe

Littorina minor Weinkauff, 1878, 
[Not available]
References: Bequaert (1943) s
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Littorina tigrina d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 211, pl. 15, figs. 9-11, 11'
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Environs de la Havane and Guadeloupe
Range: 23°N to 16.5°N; 82.5°W to 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province; Guadeloupe
References: d'Orbigny (1841b) NSEWM


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.]
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]

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