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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoininae

Rissoina dyscrita Faber, 1990


Range: 32.3°N to 18°N; 81.1°W to 62.8°W
Depth: 0 to 4.5 m (live 1 to 4.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Rissoina bryerea auct. non Montagu, 1803
Rissoina dyscrita Faber, 1990

Details


Rissoina dyscrita Faber, 1990d, p. 119-120, figs. 4-5
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Grand Cayman Island, Barker's Peninsula
Range: 32.3°N to 18°N; 81.1°W to 62.8°W
Depth: 0 to 4.5 m (live 1 to 4.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: South Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Martin/St. Maarten
References: Faber (1990d) NSEWM; Redfern (2001) DdLl
Comments: 26°N in Florida.

Rissoina bryerea auct. non Montagu, 1803, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

Faber, M. J. 1990. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs 19. On the identity of Turbo bryereus Montagu, 1803, with description of a new species of Rissoina (Gastropoda Prosobranchia: Rissoidae) Basteria 54 115-121. [Stated date: 01 Jun 1990.]

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