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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Architectonicoidea: Architectonicidae

Pseudotorinia retifera (Dall, 1892)


Range: 17.8°N to 12°N; 71°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Discohelix retifera Dall, 1892
Calodisculus retifera (Dall, 1892) 
Pleuromalaxis retifera (Dall, 1892) 
Heliacus crystallinus Usticke, 1969

Details


Discohelix (Discosolis) retifera Dall, 1892b, p. 332, pl. 19, figs. 1-1c
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene of the Caloosahatchie, Florida
Range: 12°N ; 71°W to 69°W
Depth: 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba
References: Dall (1892b) M; Bieler (1993) c; Díaz & Puyana (1994) WM
Comments: Described as a fossil.
Combining Genera:  Calodisculus Pleuromalaxis

Heliacus crystallina Usticke, 1969, p. 10, pl. 2, fig. 338
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix (Ham Bay) [Locality of the lectotype according to Boyko & Cordeiro 2001]
Range: 17.8°N to 17°N; 64.9°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.25 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Usticke (1971) DdT; Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1892. 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 II. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 [i-vii], 201-473, 1 fold-out map, pls. 13-22. [Stated date: -- Dec 1892.]
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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