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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Ranellidae

Cymatium raderi D'Attilio & Myers, 1984


Range: 25.7°N to 12°S; 84°W to 40.5°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m (live 35 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 240  mm

Synonymy

Cymatium raderi D'Attilio & Myers, 1984
Cymatium etcheversi Macsotay & Campos, 2001

Details


Cymatium raderi D'Attilio & Myers, 1984, p. 33-36, figs. 7-12
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off the east coast of Honduras
Range: 25.7°N to 12°S; 84°W to 40.5°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m
Maximum Reported Size: 240 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Honduras, Venezuela: Falcon; Bahamas: Eleuthera; Jamaica, Haiti; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia
References: D'Attilio & Myers (1984) W{dNM}; Rios (1994) SE; Miller (2003); Lee (2005b) dN; ANSP D{N}M

Cymatium (Cymatium) etcheversi Macsotay & Campos, 2001, p. 65-66, pl. 6, figs. 14-15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: "Cuadrante D-21" [on or near Banco de Punta Moreno], Plataforma de Margarita noreste de la isla, Venezuela, 27-35 m
Range: 11°N to 11.17°N; 63.67°W to 63.83°W
Depth: 24 to 27 m (live 35 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 117 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdLlNSEWM; Rosenberg (2003, herein) s; Lee (2005b) s
Comments: Not compared to Cymatium raderi in the original decription; records from Florida Keys (based on M. Smith (1951) and Jamaica (based on Humphrey 1975) are misidentifications of C. femorale as pointed out by Lee (2005b).


Partial List of References

D'Attilio, A. and B. W. Meyers. 1984. A new Western Atlantic species of Cymatium (Gastropoda: Cymatiidae) Nautilus 98 31-36. [Stated date: 30 Jan 1984.]
Macsotay, O. and R. Campos Villarroel. 2001. Molucos representativos de la Plataforma de Margarita - Venezuela  [iii], iii, 280 pp., 32 pls. Editora Rivolta: Valencia, Venezuela. [Stated date: -- Jul 2001.]

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