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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 30°N to 29°S; 87°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 35  mm

Synonymy

Patella rosea Gmelin, 1791
Patella rubeola Röding, 1798
Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, 1822
Fissurella radiata Lamarck, 1822
Fissurella clathrata auct. non Reeve, 1850
Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873
Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, 1890
Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906
Lucapina itapema Ihering, 1927
Fissurella clenchi Pérez Farfante, 1943

Details


Patella rosea Gmelin, 1791, p. 3730-3731, [Lister Conch. pl. 529, fig. 22; Martini 1769, pl. 12, fig. 105]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 30°N to 29°S; 87°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bahamas: Long Island; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola, Virgin Gorda; Guadeloupe, Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Guyana, Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933); Pérez Farfante (1943a) T; Leal (1991b) DdE; Fernández Milera (1998) M; Pointier & Lamy (1998)
Comments: The records from Vera Cruz, Mexico by Pérez Farfante (1943a) and from Texas by Davenport (2001) need confirmation.

Fissurella clathrata auct. non Reeve, 1850, 
[Not available]
Range: 26°N to 17°N; 77°W to 61.8°W
Distribution: Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Antigua
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW; Rosenberg (herein) s
Comments: Misidentification; Fissurella clathrata is supposedly Indo-Pacific.

Fissurella (Cremides) clenchi Pérez Farfante, 1943a, p. 11-12, pl. 3, figs. 8-11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Nova Almeida, Espirito Santo, Brasil
Range: 5°N to 29°S; 52°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Distribution: French Guiana, Brazil: Para, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Leal (1991b) s

Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Marshall (1996) s?
Comments: Replacement name for Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873 non Deshayes, 1824.

Lucapina itapema Ihering, 1927, 
[Synonym]
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, 1822a, p. 12
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Guyane
Range: 7°N ; 53°W
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: Guyana
References: Lamarck (1822a) NSEWM

Fissurella radiata Lamarck, 1822a, p. 13, [Petivier pl. 80, fig. 12; Schröter, pl. 6, fig. 13]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: l'Océan des Antilles?
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Patella rubeola Röding, 1798, p. 2, [Martini 1769, pl. 12, fig. 105]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Fissurella rosea var. sculpta Pilsbry, 1890b, p. 167, pl. 60, fig. 80-81
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Atlantic coast of Costa Rica (ANSP 40893, syntypes)]
Distribution: Costa Rica
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Marshall (1996) s?
Comments: Non Deshayes, 1824, replaced by Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906.


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertčbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertčbres 6(2) [iii] + 232 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Apr 1822.]
Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genera Fissurella, Lucapina and Lucapinella in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(10) 1-20. [Stated date: 07 Aug 1943.]
Pilsbry, H. A. 1890. Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fissurellidae Manual of Conchology 12 1-192, pls. 1-45.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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