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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Peristerniinae

Hemipolygona cariniferus (Lamarck, 1816)


Range: 29°N to 20.48°S; 87°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m (live 6 to 36 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 73  mm

Synonymy

Fusus cariniferus Lamarck, 1816
Latirus cariniferus (Lamarck, 1816) 
Turbinella cariniferus (Lamarck, 1816) 
Turbinella trochlearis Kobelt, 1874
Latirus trochlearis (Kobelt, 1874) 
Plicatella trochlearis (Kobelt, 1874) 

Details


Fusus cariniferus Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 108-109], pl. 423, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [unknown (Lamarck 1822b)]
Range: 29°N to 20.48°S; 87°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m (live 6 to 36 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 73 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Honduras: Roatan Island, Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, South Sancti Spiritus, Granma; Brazil: Espirito Santo
References: Bullock (1974) DM; Britton (1975) d; Hopkins et al. (1977); Leal (1991b) SE; Fernández Milera (1998); Vermeij & Snyder (2006) c; Kalafut (2008) l
Comments: As cariniferus is not a Latin word, it must be assumed to be a noun, rather than treated as an incorrectly formed adjective based on carinifer.
Combining Genera:  Latirus Turbinella

Latirus carinifer sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling of cariniferus on the assumption that it is an adjective.

Turbinella trochlearis Kobelt, 1874, p. 79-80, pl. 19, fig. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: "Westindien, speciell die dänische Insel St. Jan"
Range: 23°N to 18.3°N; 84°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 66 mm
Distribution: Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, Guantanamo; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John
References: Pilsbry (1939a) SEMT; Sarasúa (1970) NW; Bullock (1974) s
Combining Genera:  Latirus Plicatella


Partial List of References

Kobelt, W. 1874. Die geschwänzten unbewehrten Purpurschnecken. Erste Hälfte: Turbinella und Fasciolaria Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (3)3 65-88, pls. 8, 17-21.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.

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