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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Cranopsis erecta (Dall, 1889)


Range: 34.65°N to 25°N; 81°W to 75.56°W
Depth: 196 to 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Puncturella erecta Dall, 1889
Puncturella hendersoni Dall, 1927
Puncturella hendersoni Dall, 1927

Details


Puncturella (Cranopsis ?) erecta Dall, 1889a, p. 405
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2601, Off North Carolina
Range: 34.65°N to 25°N; 81°W to 75.56°W
Depth: 196 to 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: Florida Keys
References: Dall (1889a) dNES; Pérez Farfante (1947) DSW; Turgeon et al. (1998) c

Puncturella hendersoni Dall, 1927a, p. 9-10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off the Sambo Reef, Florida
Range: 25°N ; 81°W
Depth: 219 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Dall (1927a) NSEWM
Comments: See also P. hendersoni Dall (1927b), based on a different type specimen.

Puncturella hendersoni Dall, 1927b, p. 111-112
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Georgia
Range: 30.73°N to 25°N; 81°W to 79.43°W
Depth: 219 to 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10.2 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia
References: Dall (1927b) DdNSEW; Pérez Farfante (1947) s
Comments: See also P. hendersoni Dall (1927a), based on a different type specimen.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Dall, W. H. 1927. Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2668) 1-11.
Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.

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