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Gastropoda: Architectibranchia: Acteonoidea: Aplustridae

Hydatina vesicaria (Lightfoot, 1786)


Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 87°W to 0°W
Depth: 0.2 to 64 m (live 8 to 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45  mm

Synonymy

Bulla physis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Bulla vesicaria Lightfoot, 1786
Bulla virgata auct. non Mörch, 1852
Bulla globosa Mörch, 1875
Hydatina stroemfeldi Odhner, 1932
Hydatina verrilli Pilsbry, 1949

Details


Bulla vesicaria Lightfoot, 1786, p. 136, [Seba III, pl. 38 fig. 46. 48]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Solander
Type Locality: W. Indies
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 87°W to 25°W
Depth: 8 to 64 m (live 8 to 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Holguin; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; French Guiana
References: Bartsch (1940a) {N}; Bartsch (1940c); Usticke (1959) {SE}; Marcus & Marcus (1967b) DL; Ev. Marcus (1976b) NSE; Voskuil (1995) v; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001) dl

Bulla physis var. globosa Mörch, 1875b, p. 175, not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: not stated
Comments: Nude name.

Bulla physis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 81°W to 0°W
Depth: 0.2 to 8 m
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Colombia, Bermuda, Guadeloupe, Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia
References: Dall (1889b) W; Dautzenberg (1900); Lyman (1936) dl; Nicklès (1950) E; Mikkelsen et al. (1995); Voskuil (1995) s
Comments: Misidentification; true H. physis is Indo-Pacific fide Voskuil (1995). 27.3°N in Florida (Maury 1922).

Hydatina stroemfeldi Odhner, 1932, 
[Synonym]
References: Voskuil (1995) s

Hydatina verrilli Pilsbry, 1949a, p. 15-16, pl. 1, fig. 10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Dominica, B. W. I.
Range: 15.5°N ; 61.4°W
Maximum Reported Size: 34 mm
Distribution: Dominica
References: Pilsbry (1949a) NSEWM

Bulla virgata auct. non Mörch, 1852, 
[Not available]
Range: 23°N to 16.5°N; 82.5°W to 61.5°W
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Guadeloupe
References: Arango (1880) NSEW
Comments: Misidentification by Arango (1880).


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1949. A West Indian Hydatina Nautilus 62 15-17, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Jul 1949.]
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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