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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Turbonillinae

Turbonilla rixtae Jong & Coomans, 1988


Range: 18°N to 9.75°N; 82.58°W to 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Truncatella modesta C. B. Adams, 1851
Turbonilla rixtae Jong & Coomans, 1988

Details


Turbonilla rixtae Jong & Coomans, 1988, p. 129-130, fig. 674, pl. 7, 20, 46
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N to 9.75°N; 82.58°W to 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Bonaire; Jamaica
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) EM; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) SW

Truncatella modesta C. B. Adams, 1851a, p. 132-133, Not figured
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.4 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1851a) NSEWM
Comments: Non Chemnitzia modesta d'Orbigny, 1841.


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1851. Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 8 129-140. [Stated date: -- Mar 1851.]
Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.

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