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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Triphoridae

Inella inflata (Watson, 1880)


Range: 31°N to 17.72°N; 86°W to 64.93°W
Depth: 538 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11  mm

Synonymy

Triforis inflata (Watson, 1880) 
Strobiligera inflata (Watson, 1880) 
Cerithium inflatum Watson, 1880
Triforis ibex Dall, 1881
Triforis filata Dall, 1889

Details


Cerithium (Triforis) inflatum Watson, 1880a, p. 103-105, [Watson 1886, pl. 40, figs. 1a-d]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 24, north of Culebra Island
Range: 31°N to 18.64°N; 86°W to 65.09°W
Depth: 538 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Watson (1880a) SE; Dall (1881) DW; Rolán & Fernández-Garcés (2008b) cTM
Combining Genera:  Strobiligera Triforis

Triforis (Sychar) inflata var. filata Dall, 1889a, p. 248-249, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 136, near Santa Cruz
Range: 17.72°N ; 64.93°W
Depth: 929 m
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW
Comments: Rolán & Fernández-Garcés (2008b) erroneously call this a nomen nudum, citing Dall's species heading on p. 249, but there is a brief description on p. 248.

Triforis ibex Dall, 1881, p. 86-87, [Dall 1889a, pl. 20, fig. 12b]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Yucatan Strait, 640 fms.; off Cape San Antonio, 640 fms; off Havana, 450 fms
Range: 23°N to 22°N; 85°W to 82°W
Depth: 823 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Yucatan Strait, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province
References: Dall (1881) DdNSEWM; Bouchet (1985); Rolán & Fernández-Garcés (2008b) T


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]
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.]
Watson, R. B. 1880. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part V Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 15 87-126. [Stated date: 31 Jul 1880.]

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