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Gastropoda: : Lottioidea: Lottiidae

Tectura antillarum (Sowerby I, 1834)


Range: 26.5°N to 9°N; 97°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Lottia antillarum Sowerby I, 1834
Collisella antillarum (Sowerby I, 1834) 
Acmaea antillarum (Sowerby I, 1834) 
Tectura striata auct. non Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Acmaea elegans Philippi, 1846
Patella elegans (Philippi, 1846) 
Patella candeana d'Orbigny, 1847
Tectura cumingii auct. non Reeve, 1854
Patella opea Reeve, 1855
Patella pulcherrima Krebs, 1864
Acmaea wottonae Christiaens, 1975

Details


Lottia antillarum Sowerby I, 1834b, pl. 141, fig. 4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Antilles]
Range: 26.5°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Venezuela: Falcon, Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Cayman Islands: Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique, Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Princz (1978b); Hemmen & Hemmen (1979) {E}; Gundersen (1998) NM; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Hewitt (2005a)
Combining Genera:  Acmaea Collisella

Patella candeana d'Orbigny, 1847b, p. 199, pl. 25, figs. 1-3
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Cuba, Sainte-Lucie, Martinique, Guadeloupe
Range: 20°N to 9°N; 74°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: d'Orbigny (1847b) M; Higgins & Marrat (1877) E; Dautzenberg (1900) s; Christiaens (1975b) s
Comments: Lindberg (unpublished) considers this a valid species including most records of antillarum.

Tectura cumingii auct. non Reeve, 1854, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 15.5°N ; 61.5°W
Distribution: Dominica
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW
Comments: Misidentification by Higgins & Marrat (1877); A. cumingii is Eastern Pacific.

Acmaea elegans Philippi, 1846a, p. 24
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Laguayra [La Guaira, Venezula]
Maximum Reported Size: 20.7 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Vargas
References: Philippi (1846a) M
Combining Genera:  Patella

Patella opea Reeve, 1855a,  pl. 29, fig. 79a-b
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Nuttall
Type Locality: Sandwich Islands [in error]
References: Christiaens (1975b) s
Comments: Nude name in Jay (1839).

Patella pulcherrima Krebs, 1864, 
[Synonym]
References: Krebs in Matthew (1875: 22)
Comments: Nude name in Petit (1851d: 426); introduced in synonymy of Patella candeana by Petit (1856b: 155); nude name in Carpenter (1857: 206). Krebs (1864) used it as the valid name for Patella candeana, thereby making it a junior objective synonym (as a replacement name). Because it was first published as a nude name, rather than a name introduced in synonymy, Patella pulcherrima dates from Krebs not Petit. Pilsbry (1891) noted that pulcherrima of authors was Acmaea punctulata, now known as Patelloida pustulata. Dall (1927a) intentionally validated Acmaea pulcherrima in this latter sense, unaware that Krebs had previously validated the name.

Tectura striata auct. non Quoy & Gaimard, 1834, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 15.5°N ; 61.5°W
Distribution: Dominica
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW
Comments: Misidentification by Higgins & Marrat (1877); A. striata is Indo-Pacific.

Acmaea (Acmaea) elegans wottonae Christiaens, 1975a, p. 11, pl. 1, fig. 3 (radula)
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Runaway Bay, St. Anne, Jamaica
Range: 18.5°N ; 77°W
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Christiaens (1975a) NSEW


Partial List of References

Christiaens, J. 1975. Revision provisoire des Mollusques marins recents de la famille des Acmaeidae et description de deux nouveaux sous-genres: Simplacmaea nov. subgen. et Collisellacmaea nov. subgen Informations de la Societe Belge de Malacologie 4 3-18, 2 pls. [Stated date: 15 Feb 1973.]
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?]
Philippi, R. A. 1846. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3 19-24. [Stated date: -- Feb 1846.]
Reeve, L. 1855. Monograph of the genus Patella Conchologia Iconica 8 pls. 1, 25-42
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1834. The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells 42  8 pls. G. B. Sowerby: London.

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