Range: 41.5°N to 35.3°N; 75.5°W to 70.7°W Depth: 4 to 110 m (live 15 to 110 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Synonymy
Turbonilla elegans A. E. Verrill, 1872 Turbonilla elegantula A. E. Verrill, 1882 Pyrgiscus elegantula (A. E. Verrill, 1882) Turbonilla branfordensis Bartsch, 1909 Pyrgiscus branfordensis (Bartsch, 1909)
Details
Turbonilla elegantulaA. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 538, text-fig. 3 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Range: 41.5°N to 35.3°N; 75.5°W to 70.7°W Depth: 4 to 110 m (live 26 to 110 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina References: Verrill (1882a) dE; Bartsch (1909) N; Odé & Speers (1972c); Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978) lSW Combining Genera: Pyrgiscus
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) elegantula branfordensisBartsch, 1909, p. 85-86, pl. 12, fig. 27 [Synonym] Type Locality: Branford, Connecticut Range: 41.5°N to 41.3°N; 72.8°W to 70.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 5.3 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut References: Bartsch (1909) NSEWM; Odé & Speers (1972c); Turgeon et al. (1998) s Combining Genera: Pyrgiscus
Turbonilla elegansA. E. Verrill, 1872b, p. 282-283, pl. 6, fig. 4 [Objective synonym of valid name] Type Locality: Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Range: 41.4°N ; 70.7°W Depth: 9 to 18 m (live 15 to 18 m) Maximum Reported Size: 5.6 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut References: Verrill (1872b) DLlNSEW; A. E. Verrill (1873b) d Comments: Non d'Orbigny, 1841; Nude name in Verrill (1872a:210).
Partial List of References
Bartsch, P. 1909. Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 34 67-113, pls. 11-14. [Stated date: -- Feb 1909; true date: pre 8 Feb.] 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.] Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.
