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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Cerithiopsidae

Cerithiopsis lata (C. B. Adams, 1850)


Range: 34.5°N to 10°N; 93.83°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 44 m (live 44 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3  mm

Synonymy

Bittium lata (C. B. Adams, 1850) 
Cerithium latum C. B. Adams, 1850
Cerithiopsis crystallinum auct. non Dall, 1881
Cerithiopsis buijsei Jong & Coomans, 1988

Details


Cerithium latum C. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 122, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 34.5°N to 10°N; 93.83°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 44 m (live 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Parker & Curray (1956) DLW; Houbrick (1968) d; Ekdale (1974) {W}; Porter (1974) {D}N; Princz (1982a); Lyons (1989b) {M}; Odé (1989c) M
Comments: See also lata auct. = albovittata.
Combining Genera:  Bittium

Cerithiopsis buijsei Jong & Coomans, 1988, p. 47, pl. 3, fig. 227
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Curaçao/Aruba
Range: 12°N to 12.5°N; 69°W to 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.2 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba or Curacao
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NSEWM; Rolán, Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés (2007) s

Cerithiopsis crystallinum auct. non Dall, 1881, 
[Not available]
References: Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Misidentification by Vokes & Vokes (1983).


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 7 109-123. [Stated date: -- Apr 1850.]
Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.

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