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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Turbonillinae

Turbonilla riisei (Mörch, 1875)


Range: 27.3°N to 12°N; 80°W to 65°W
Depth: 11 to 11 m (live 11 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5  mm

Synonymy

Chemnitzia riisei Mörch, 1875
Pyrgiscus riisei (Mörch, 1875) 
Turbonilla pilsbryi Bush, 1899
Pyrgiscus pilsbryi (Bush, 1899) 

Details


Chemnitzia riisei Mörch, 1875b, p. 165
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N to 12°N; 69°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1875) NE; Odé & Speers (1972c)
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus

Turbonilla pilsbryi Bush, 1899, p. 151, pl. 8, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 27.3°N to 18°N; 80°W to 65°W
Depth: 11 m (live 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Bush (1899) SEM; Aguayo & Jaume (1936); Odé & Speers (1972c); Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Lyons (1989b) lN; Absalao & Pimenta (1999) sT
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus


Partial List of References

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.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.

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