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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Diodora dysoni (Reeve, 1850)


Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 90.5°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 1 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Fissurella dysoni Reeve, 1850
Fissuridea dysoni (Reeve, 1850) 
Diodora microsticta Dall, 1927

Details


Fissurella dysoni Reeve, 1850a, pl. 12, fig. 86
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Honduras
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 90.5°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 1 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Eleuthera; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix, Tortola; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Rio de Janeiro
References: Hopkins et al. (1977) L; Leal (1991b) dE; Redfern (2001) l
Comments: Hopkins et al. (1977) 28.58°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Fissuridea

Diadora [sic] microsticta Dall, 1927a, p. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: South Florida to Cape San Roque
Range: 26°N to 5°S; 80°W to 35°W
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte
References: Dall (1927a) NSEW; Pérez Farfante (1943b) s; Usticke (1959) M


Partial List of References

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.
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Fissurella Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 9-16

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