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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoininae

Rissoina cerithioides (Pfeiffer, 1840)
Dubious name


Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8.7  mm

Details


Melania cerithioides Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 253, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
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: 8.7 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEW; Rosenberg (herein) c


Partial List of References

Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.

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