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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoininae

Schwartziella fischeri (Desjardin, 1949)


Range: 32.3°N to 20.5°S; 92.3°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 0 to 55 m (live 0 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.7  mm

Synonymy

Rissoina chesneli auct. non Michaud, 1830
Rissoina fischeri Desjardin, 1949

Details


Rissoina (Schwartziella) fischeri Desjardin, 1949, p. 199, pl. 9, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: La Havane, Cuba
Range: 32.3°N to 20.5°S; 92.3°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 0 to 55 m (live 0 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Abrolhos Islands, Trindade Island
References: Desjardin (1949) M; Rice & Kornicker (1965) DW; Waller (1973) {D}; Princz (1982a); Leal (1991b) dLlSE
Comments: Turgeon & Lyons (1977) 28.58°N in Florida. Odé's (1986c) record from the NW Gulf of Mexico may be S. floridana, which he considered to be a synonym.

Rissoina chesneli auct. non Michaud, 1830, 
[Not available]
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953) s (of S. floridana)
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1892, in part).


Partial List of References

Desjardin, M. 1949. Les Rissoina de l'Ile de Cuba Journal de Conchyliologie 89 193-208, pls. 9-10. [Stated date: 01 Oct 1949.]

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