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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Littorinidae

Echinolittorina angustior (Mörch, 1876)


Range: 27.5°N to 9.75°N; 87.3°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Littorina ziczac auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Littorina lineata auct. non Lamarck, 1822
Littorina carinata d'Orbigny, 1841
Nodilittorina angustior (Mörch, 1876) 
Littorina angustior Mörch, 1876

Details


Littorina (Melaraphe) angustior Mörch, 1876a, p. 139
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Several stations
Range: 27.5°N to 9.75°N; 87.3°W to 62°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, San Salvador (Watling Is.); Cuba: North Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Guadeloupe; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Bandel & Kadolsky (1982) ET; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Díaz & Puyana (1994) {S}; Mikkelsen et al. (1995) N; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) S; Redfern (2001) M; Williams et al. (2003) c
Combining Genera:  Nodilittorina

Littorina carinata d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 209-210, pl. 15, figs. 1-4, 4'
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Environs de la Havane and Martinique
Range: 23°N to 10.5°N; 82.5°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla la Blanquilla; Cuba: North Havana Province; Guadeloupe, Martinique
References: d'Orbigny (1841b) NEWM; Dautzenberg (1900) DdS; Bandel & Kadolsky (1982) sT
Comments: Non Woodward, 1833.

Littorina carinifera sic, 
[Not available]
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW
Comments: Error for carinata.

Littorina lineata auct. non Lamarck, 1822, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Venezuela
References: Princz (1982a); Bandel & Kadolsky (1982) s
Comments: Misidentification by d'Orbigny (1841b, pl. 14, fig. 24, 26-27).

Littorina ziczac auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
References: Ortiz-Corps (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961).


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.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.

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