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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Turbonillinae

Turbonilla penistoni Bush, 1899


Range: 32.3°N to 18°N; 97°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 0 to 128 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7  mm

Synonymy

Turbonilla inclinata Bush, 1899
Chemnitzia inclinata (Bush, 1899) 
Turbonilla penistoni Bush, 1899
Strioturbonilla penistoni (Bush, 1899) 
Turbonilla swiftii Bush, 1899
Chemnitzia swiftii (Bush, 1899) 
Turbonilla pulchra Clessin, 1900
Turbonilla atlasi Bartsch, 1955
Turbonilla procera Corgan, 1967

Details


Turbonilla penistoni Bush, 1899, p. 165-166, pl. 8, fig. 14
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N to 27°N; 95°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 0 to 128 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana, Texas; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little)
References: Bush (1899) {Dd}NEM; Odé & Speers (1972a); Odé (1995b) DdW; Wise (1996) s (of ^Turbonilla hemphilli^); Absalao & Pimenta (1999) vT; Redfern (2001) {D}S
Combining Genera:  Strioturbonilla

Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) atlasi Bartsch, 1955, p. 24-25, pl. 4, figs. 5a-b
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Pliocene beds of North St. Petersburg, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 3.4 mm
References: Odé (1995b) s?

Turbonilla inclinata Bush, 1899, p. 168
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Bush (1899) NSEWM; Odé & Speers (1971i); Absalao & Pimenta (1999) sT
Combining Genera:  Chemnitzia

Turbonilla procera Corgan, 1967, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
References: Odé (1995c) s? (of T. swiftii)

Turbonilla pulchra Clessin, 1900, p. 171, pl. 35, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.2 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Clessin (1900) M
Comments: The holotype of T. pulchra Clessin, 1900 (ZMB 54687), non Deshayes, 1861, is conspecific with the holotype of T. penistoni Bush (ANSP 70024) (Rosenberg herein, 10 May 1999).

Turbonilla swiftii Bush, 1899, p. 166-167, [Verrill & Bush 1900, pl. 64, figs. 21-21a]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 29°N to 18°N; 97°W to 65°W
Depth: 46 to 128 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Bush (1899) SEM; Odé & Speers (1972a); Odé (1995c) DdNW; Absalao & Pimenta (1999) sT
Combining Genera:  Chemnitzia


Partial List of References

Bartsch, P. 1955. The pyramidellid mollusks of the Pliocene deposits of North St. Petersburg, Florida Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 125(2) iii + 102 pp., 18 pls. [Stated date: 05 May 1955.]
Bush, K. J. 1899. Descriptions of new species of Turbonilla of the Western Atlantic fauna, with notes on those previously known Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 145-177, pl. 8.
Clessin, S. 1900. Die Familie der Eulimidae Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 1(28) 41-224, pl. 10-36.

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