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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Clathurellinae

Mitromorpha dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844)


Range: 18°N to 12°N; 77°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0.3 to 3 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7.25  mm

Synonymy

Columbella dormitor Sowerby I, 1844
Minipyrene dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844) 
Mitromorpha dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844) 
Pyrene dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844) 
Columbella purpurascens C. B. Adams, 1845
Mitromorpha cincta Dall, 1890

Details


Columbella dormitor Sowerby I, 1844a, p. 143 [bis], pl. 40, fig. 173
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Vincent's
Range: 18°N to 12°N; 77°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0.3 to 3 m
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao, Bonaire; Venezuela: unlocalized; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Sowerby I (1844a) E; Princz (1982a); Faber (2004c); ANSP Dd
Combining Genera:  Minipyrene Mitromorpha Pyrene

Mitromorpha cincta Dall, 1890c, p. 95, pl. 3, fig. 6
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Caloosahatchie beds, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 7.25 mm
References: Dall (1890c) M
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Columbella purpurascens C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 2, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6.9 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1845) NSEWM; Jong & Coomans (1988) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Dall, W. H. 1890. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 1-200, pls. 1-12. [Stated date: -- Aug 1890.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1844. Monograph of the genus Columbella Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 109[bis]-146[bis], pls. 36-40 [True date: pre 11 Apr.]

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