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Gastropoda: : Velutinoidea: Triviinae

Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 35°N to 23°S; 92°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 129 m (live 0.6 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Niveria pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798
Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817
Trivia suffusa auct. non Gray, 1832
Cypraea pullata Sowerby II, 1870
Trivia picturata Mörch, 1877
Trivia permagna C. W. Johnson, 1910
Cypraea restituta Sullioti, 1922
Trivia gamma Mestayer, 1927
Trivia incerta Tucker & Wilson, 1932

Details


Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 724, [List. conch. 4, s.9, c.7, t.1; angl. 168, t.3, f.17; Rumph. t.39, f.P; Gualt. t.14, f.P...]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Rumphius
Type Locality: 'Jamaica, Europa'
Range: 35°N to 23°S; 92°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 129 m (live 0.6 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.8 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbuda, Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Brazil: Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Porter (1974) D; Hopkins et al. (1977) L; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Leal (1991b) E; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Simone (2004); Fehse & Grego (2005) c
Combining Genera:  Niveria

Trivia gamma Mestayer, 1927, 
[Synonym]
References: Marshall (1996) s

Trivia incerta Tucker & Wilson, 1932, 
[Synonym]

Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798, p. 24, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Comments: Nude name.

Trivia pediculus var. permagna C. W. Johnson, 1910, p. 11-12
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Lower part of Lake Flint, above Fort Thompson, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
References: Johnson (1910) M
Comments: Described as a Pliocene fossil, now considered Pleistocene.

Trivia pediculus var. picturata Mörch, 1877b, p. 49, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Florida
Distribution: USA: Florida
Comments: Nude name.

Cypraea pullata Sowerby II, 1870, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Owen
Range: 23.5°N to 20°N; 90.5°W to 79.55°W
Depth: 2 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State; Bahamas: Cay Sal
References: Fehse & Grego (2005) vDdNE

Cypraea restituta Sullioti, 1922, 
[Synonym]

Trivia suffusa auct. non Gray, 1832, 
[Not available]
References: Rosenberg (herein) s
Comments: Misidentification by Abbott (1974, fig. 1625).

Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817, p. 466, [Lister pl. 706, fig. 56; etc.]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica and Barbados
Range: 18°N to 13.2°N; 76°W to 59.6°W
Distribution: Jamaica, Barbados


Partial List of References

Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Johnson, C. W. 1910. A large fossil Trivia Nautilus 24 11-12. [Stated date: -- May 1910.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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