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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 32.3°N to 6°N; 92°W to 57.1°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 41  mm

Synonymy

Patella barbadensis Gmelin, 1791
Patella perforata Gmelin, 1791
Patella porphyrozonias Gmelin, 1791
Patella limbata Röding, 1798
Patella atricapilla Dillwyn, 1817
Fissurella rugosa Sowerby I, 1835
Fissurella antillarum d'Orbigny, 1847
Fissurella edititia Reeve, 1849
Fissurella bermudensis Pilsbry, 1890
Fissurella intensa Pilsbry, 1890

Details


Patella barbadensis Gmelin, 1791, p. 3729-3730, [Lister Conch, pl. 528, fig. 7; Martini 1769, pl. 11, figs. 93, 96, 97]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Barbados
Range: 32.3°N to 6°N; 92°W to 57.1°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Utila Island, Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla la Blanquilla, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola, Virgin Gorda; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Antigua, Guadeloupe; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines, Mustique, Carriacou, Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Guyana
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Pérez Farfante (1943a) NSE; Voss & Voss (1960) l; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Fernández Milera (1998); Pointier & Lamy (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004); Hewitt (2005a)
Comments: 30°N in Florida.

Fissurella antillarum d'Orbigny, 1847b, p. 198, pl. 24, figs. 40-42
[Synonym]
Type Locality: aux Florida et aux Antilles, principalement ŕ Cuba
Range: 25°N to 23°N; 80°W to 85°W
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; Cuba
References: d'Orbigny (1847b) M; Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Patella atricapilla Dillwyn, 1817, p. 1057, [Martini 1769, pl. 12, fig. 104; Lister pl. 528, fig. 5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barbados
Range: 13.2°N ; 59.6°W
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: Barbados
References: Dillwyn (1817) M

Fissurella barbadensis var. bermudensis Pilsbry, 1890b, p. 165-166, pl. 60, fig. 70-72
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N to 18.3°N; 65°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: Bermuda; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Pilsbry (1890b) NSEWM; Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Fissurella edititia Reeve, 1849c,  pl. 7, fig. 47
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Fissurella barbadensis var. intensa Pilsbry, 1890b, p. 165, pl. 60, fig. 76
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
References: Pilsbry (1890b) M; Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Patella limbata Röding, 1798, p. 1, [Martini 1769, pl. 12, figs. 102-104]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Christiaens (1973) s

Patella perforata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3730, [Martini 1769, pl. 11, fig. 97]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Christiaens (1973) s

Patella porphyrozonias Gmelin, 1791, p. 3730, [Martini 1769, pl. 12, fig. 102-103]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'America septentrionali'
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Fissurella rugosa Sowerby I, 1835d,  pl. 76, fig. 54
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gallapagos Islands [in error]
Range: 17°N ; 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Antigua
References: Sowerby I (1835d) M; Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW; Christiaens (1973) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 129-224, pls. 22-25?. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: pre May?]
Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1890. Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fissurellidae Manual of Conchology 12 1-192, pls. 1-45.
Reeve, L. 1849. Monograph of the genus Fissurella Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 1-8
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Fissurella Conchological Illustrations pls. 76-77 [True date: pre 25 May.]

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