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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Diodora minuta (Lamarck, 1822)


Range: 27°N to 4°N; 92.25°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 132 m (live 0 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Fissurella minuta Lamarck, 1822
Fissurella elongata C. B. Adams, 1845
Fissurella gemmulata Reeve, 1850

Details


Fissurella minuta Lamarck, 1822a, p. 15
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 27°N to 9.66°N; 92.25°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 132 m (live 0 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla la Blanquilla; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) E; Rice & Kornicker (1965) W; Robinson & Montoya (1987) S; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Geiger (2006a)
Comments: Christiaens (1974) rejects this name as a secondary homonym of Fissurella minuta (Gmelin, 1791), but since F. minuta Lamarck was not replaced before 1961, it remains valid.

Fissurella elongata C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 8, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 25°N to 4°N; 82.5°W to 65°W
Depth: 10 to 130 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica
References: Pérez Farfante (1943b) s; Fernández Milera (1998) DdNSEWM
Comments: Record from Brazil in Fernández Milera (1998) needs confirmation.

Fissurella gemmulata Reeve, 1850a,  pl. 16, fig. 121a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Pérez Farfante (1943b) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertčbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertčbres 6(2) [iii] + 232 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Apr 1822.]
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Fissurella Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 9-16

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