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Gastropoda: : Architectonicoidea: Architectonicidae

Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 82.84°W to 25°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m (live 0 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14  mm

Synonymy

Trochus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791
Torinia cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Trochus cylindraceus Dillwyn, 1817
Solarium aethiops Menke, 1830
Torinia aethiops (Menke, 1830) 
Torinia cyclostomum (Menke, 1830) 
Solarium cyclostomum Menke, 1830
Solarium herberti Deshayes, 1830
Trochus herberti (Deshayes, 1830) 
Solarium nubilum Philippi, 1849

Details


Trochus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3572, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 170, fig. 1639a-b]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 82.84°W to 25°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m (live 0 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) d; Princz (1982a); Talavera (1982) E; Robinson & Montoya (1987) W
Combining Genera:  Torinia

Solarium aethiops Menke, 1830, p. 142
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Porto-rico
Range: 18°N to 13°S; 67°W to 39°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Menke (1830) MNW; Lange de Morretes (1949) SE
Combining Genera:  Torinia

Solarium cyclostomum Menke, 1830, p. 142
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 26.7°N to 11°N; 80°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Colombia, Cuba: Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix
References: Menke (1830) M; Mörch (1875) {E}; Dautzenberg (1900) S; M. Smith (1941) NW; Usticke (1959) E; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s?
Combining Genera:  Torinia

Trochus cylindraceus Dillwyn, 1817, p. 767-768, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 170, fig. 1639]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 23.14°N to 14.8°N; 82.37°W to 61°W
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Martinique
References: Mörch (1875) SE; Arango (1880) NW

Heliacus heberti sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for herberti by d'Orbigny (1842).

Solarium herberti Deshayes, 1830, 
[Synonym]
Range: 20°N to 16.5°N; 74°W to 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Cuba, Guadeloupe
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) NSEWM
Combining Genera:  Trochus

Solarium nubilum Philippi, 1849e, p. 170
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Menke MS
Type Locality: Cap. Haiti
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Haiti
References: Philippi (1849e) M


Partial List of References

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.
Menke, K. T. 1830. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum  xvi + 169. Author: Pyrmont. [Stated date: -- --- 1830; true date: post 12 Apr.]
Philippi, R. A. 1849. Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5 151-176. [Stated date: -- Mar 1849.]

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