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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Cerithiopsidae

Cerithiopsis greenii (C. B. Adams, 1839)


Range: 46°N to 35°S; 97.4°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 75 m (live 0 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6  mm

Synonymy

Cerithium greenii C. B. Adams, 1839
Bittium greenii (C. B. Adams, 1839) 

Details


Cerithium greenii C. B. Adams, 1839, p. 287-288, pl. 4, fig. 12
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Dartmouth Harbor, Massachusetts
Range: 46°N to 35°S; 97.4°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 75 m (live 0 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Para, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Uruguay
References: C. B. Adams (1839) M; Kurtz (1860); Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933); Bousfield (1964) N; Houbrick (1968) d; García-Cubas (1971) W; Wass (1972); Porter (1974) D; Princz (1982a); Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Long Island Shell Club (1988) {l}; Odé (1989c) l; Díaz et al. (1990) L
Combining Genera:  Bittium

Cerithiopsis greenei sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for greenii by Maury (1922).

Cerithiopsis greeni sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for greenii.


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1839. Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species Boston Journal of Natural History 2 262-288, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Feb 1839.]

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