Firoloida demarestiaLesueur, 1817b, p. 39, pl. 2, figs. 1, 1a-b [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: near Martinique, 22°9'N Range: 40°N to 5°S; 97.5°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 100 m (live 0 to 100 m) Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm Distribution: Mexico: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, North of Yucatan (deep water), Quintana Roo; Bermuda; Cuba: Havana Province; Oceanic References: Lesueur (1817b) M; Richter & Seapy (1999); Castellanos & Suárez-Morales (2001) LlW Comments: Originally spelled as demarestia, without statement of derivation of the name. Spelled desmarestia by Lesueur (1817c: 160) a few months later, with French vernacular name 'La Firoloïde de Desmarest'. The commonest subsequent spellings are desmaresti, desmarestii, and desmarestia. None of these is in prevailing usage, but all insert an s as the species was named for [A. G.] Desmarest. Insertion of s is therefore accepted here as prevailing usage under ICZN Article 33.3.1. Combining Genera: Firoloides
Firoloida blainvillianaLesueur, 1817b, p. 39-40, pl. 2, figs. 2a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: near Martinique, 22°9'N Range: 22.15°N Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm References: Lesueur (1817b) NSM Comments: Also described by Lesueur (1817c: 160). Combining Genera: Firoloides
Firoloida demarestia sic, [Not available] Comments: Original spelling of Firoloida desmarestia.
Firoloides desmaresti sic, [Not available] Comments: Misspelling by Deshayes (1850, pl. 102).
Firoloides desmarestii sic, [Not available] Comments: Misspelling by Huxley (1853).
Pterotrachea desmarestina sic, [Not available] Comments: Misspelling by H. & A. Adams (1855: 94).
Pterotrachea (Firoloida) eydouxiiGray, 1850b, p. 100, pl. 238, fig. 3 [sic, 2] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated
Firola gaimardiid'Orbigny, 1834, p. 153-154 [1836], pl. 10, figs. 13-14 [1834] [Synonym] Type Locality: l'Océan atlantique, 4°N, 27°W (of Paris) Range: 4°N ; 29°W Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm References: d'Orbigny (1836) NSEWM; Gray (1850b: 100) Combining Genera: Cerophora Firoloidea
Firolella gracilis Troschel, 1855, [Synonym]
Pterotrachea hyalina Forsskål, 1775, [Synonymy uncertain] Comments: E. A. Smith (1888a: 17) listed Pterotrachea hyalina under the heading "Species beyond recognition, stating, "This species I am inclined to think must be a small Firoloida. Smith recognized seven species of Firoloida but van der Spoel (1976) synonymized all of them, considering Firoloida to be monotypic. Firoloida hyalina might therefore be an older name for Firoloida desmarestia.
Firoloida kowalewskyi Vayssière, 1904, [Synonym]
Firola lesueuriid'Orbigny, 1834, p. 151-153 [1836], pl. 10, figs. 11-12 [1834] [Synonym] Type Locality: grand Océan austral, 30°S, 89°W (of Paris) Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm References: d'Orbigny (1836) WM; Gray (1850b: 100) Combining Genera: Cerophora Firoloidea Firoloides
Firoloida liguriae Issel, 1907, [Synonym] Range: 28.63°S to 28.63°S; 47.53°W Distribution: Brazil: Santa Catarina References: Lange de Morretes (1954a) SE
Cyclostrema minutum Jeffreys, 1883, [Synonym] References: Warén (1992a) s Comments: Based on a juvenile shell.
Tholapex solutus di Geronimo, 1974, [Synonym] References: Nofroni (1984) s; Warén (1992a) s Comments: Based on a juvenile shell.
Firolella vigilans Troschel, 1855, [Synonym]
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1834. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 1-48, 73-128, pls. 1-2, 9-13, 15-16, 56 P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1834.] Gray, J. E. 1850. Figures of the molluscous animals. Explanations of the plates Figures of the Molluscous Animals 4 1-124. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1850; true date: post 12 Feb.] Lesueur, C. A. 1817. Characters of a new genus, and descriptions of three new species upon which it is formed; discovered in the Atlantic ocean, in the months of March and April, 1816; Lat. 22°9' Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 1 37-41, pl. 2. [True date: post Apr 15.]
