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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoininae

Schwartziella catesbyana (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 35°N to 24°S; 97.34°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6  mm

Synonymy

Rissoa catesbyana d'Orbigny, 1842
Rissoina catesbyana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Rissoa scalarella C. B. Adams, 1845
Rissoina floridana Mörch, 1876

Details


Rissoa (Rissoina) catesbyana d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 24, pl. 12, figs. 1-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Several localities
Range: 35°N to 24°S; 97.34°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Bermuda, Cuba, Haiti; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Martinique, Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Sao Paulo
References: Lyons (1989b) lM; Leal (1991b) DE; Reguero et al. (1991) W
Comments: The 7 mm record of Gunderson (1997) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Rissoina

Rissoina (Rissoina) catesbyana var.? floridana Mörch, 1876a, p. 49, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Florida
Distribution: USA: Florida

Rissoa scalarella C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 6, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.9 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1845) NSEW; C. B. Adams (1850e) M


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.

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