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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Diodora fluviana (Dall, 1889)


Range: 34.5°N to 12°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 38 to 1472 m (live 139 to 311 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Details


Fissurella (Glyphis) fluviana Dall, 1889a, p. 408, pl. 14, figs. 6-6a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake station 21 [off Bahia Honda, Cuba, 23°02'00"N, 83°13'W], 287 fathoms (by lectotype selection of Perez Farfante (1943b:19)]
Range: 34.5°N to 12°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 38 to 1472 m (live 139 to 311 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados, Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia
References: Dall (1889a) Ll; Abbott (1974) W; Sunderland & Sunderland (1991b) M; García & Lee (2002); García (2007b)
Comments: Perez Farfante's (1943b) separate indication of holotype and paratypes for this species constitutes a lectotype designation (ICZN Article 74.5).


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.]

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