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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Littorinidae

Echinolittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824)


Range: 32.3°N to 11.3°N; 87°W to 64.9°W
Depth: -2 to 0 m (live -2 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Helix mespillum Mühlfeld, 1824
Littorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824) 
Nodilittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824) 
Turbo minimus W. Wood, 1828
Littorina fusca Pfeiffer, 1840
Littorina naticoides d'Orbigny, 1841
Litorina mespilum Philippi, 1847
Litorina gundlachi Philippi, 1849
Littorina gundlachi (Philippi, 1849) 

Details


Helix mespillum Mühlfeld, 1824, p. 219, pl. 8, figs. 8a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Antillischen Inseln im Westindischen Meere
Range: 32.3°N to 11.3°N; 87°W to 67°W
Depth: -2 to 0 m (live -2 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, North Camaguey, Holguin, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Voss & Voss (1960) L; Warmke & Abbott (1961) dlE; Princz (1982a); Díaz & Puyana (1994) S; Williams et al. (2003) c
Comments: To 25°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Littorina Nodilittorina

Littorina fusca Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 254, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste (Pfeiffer 1839: 349), Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEWM; Bequaert (1943) s

Litorina grundlachi [sic] Philippi, 1849d, p. 150
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Cuba
References: Philippi (1849d) M; Bequaert (1943) s
Comments: Collected by Gundlach, so grundlachi is taken to be a misspelling.
Combining Genera:  Littorina

Litorina mespilum Philippi, 1847e, p. 16, pl. 6, fig. 20
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Distribution: Cuba
References: Bequaert (1943) s
Comments: Unjustified emendation of mespillum.

Turbo minimus W. Wood, 1828, p. 19, 57, pl. 6, fig. 29
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gray
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 24.7°N to 12°N; 82.5°W to 64.9°W
Depth: -0.3 to 0 m (live -0.3 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Venezuela, Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933) W; McGinty (1939c) NEM; Bequaert (1943) s; Usticke (1959) DdLlE; Princz (1982a) S

Littorina naticoides d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 214-215, pl. 15, figs. 21-23
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Environs de la Havane
Range: 23°N ; 82.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: d'Orbigny (1841b) NSEWM; Bequaert (1943) s


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.]
Mühlfeld, J. C. M. von. 1824. Fortsetzung von Johann Carl Megerle von Mühlfeld's Bescheibung einiger neuen Conchylien Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1 205-221, pls. 1-3 [7-9 in text]. [Stated date: -- --- 1829; true date: -- --- 1824.]
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.
Philippi, R. A. 1847. Litorina Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 3(1) 9-18, pl. 6. [Stated date: -- Sep 1847.]
Philippi, R. A. 1849. Centuria altera testaceorum novorum (contin.) Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5 129-150. [Stated date: -- Mar 1849.]
Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus  viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. [Stated date: post 17 May.]

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