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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Turbonillinae

Eulimella polita (A. E. Verrill, 1872)


Range: 45°N to 18°N; 73°W to 0°W
Depth: 11 to 73 m (live 73 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8.4  mm

Synonymy

Eulimella scillae auct. non Scacchi, 1835
Pyramidella crassula auct. non Forbes, 1843
Eulimella ventricosa auct. non Forbes, 1843
Aclis polita A. E. Verrill, 1872
Turbonilla polita (A. E. Verrill, 1872) 

Details


Aclis polita A. E. Verrill, 1872b, p. 282, pl. 6, fig. 5
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Eastport Harbor, Maine
Range: 45°N to 39.6°N; 73°W to 67°W
Depth: 37 to 73 m (live 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8.4 mm
Distribution: USA: Maine, New Jersey
References: Verrill (1872b) dM; Verrill (1882a) c; Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978) lSW; Warén (1991) c
Comments: Nude name in Verrill (1872a:210); preoccupied by Eulimella polita Folin, 1870, which is recognized as a valid Eastern Atlantic species by Peñas & Rolán (1997).
Combining Genera:  Turbonilla

Pyramidella crassula auct. non Forbes, 1843, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 35°N to 18°N
Depth: 11 to 47 m
Comments: Misidentification by Johnson (1934).

Eulimella scillae auct. non Scacchi, 1835, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1889a:338).

Eulimella ventricosa auct. non Forbes, 1843, 
[Not available]
References: Bush (1909) s
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1880).


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1872. Brief contributions to Zoölogy, from the Museum of Yale College. No. XX.--Recent additions to the molluscan fauna of new England and the adjacent waters, with notes on other species American Journal of Science and Arts (3)3 281-290, pls. 6-8. [Stated date: -- Apr 1872.]

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