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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Architectibranchia: Acteonoidea: Aplustridae

Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792)


Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 83.9°W to 14.4°W
Depth: 0 to 5 m (live 0 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792
Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817
Bullina elegans Menke, 1830

Details


Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792a, p. 380
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 83.9°W to 14.4°W
Depth: 0 to 5 m (live 0 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao, Bonaire; Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba: Havana Province; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Unlocalized, Grenada; Barbados, Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands
References: M. Smith (1941) N; Usticke (1959) M; Britton (1975) W; Thompson (1977) DL; Princz (1982a); García, Troncoso & Domínguez (2002)
Comments: 26.3°N in Florida (M. Smith 1941); introduced to West Africa according to Nicklès (1958); live animal to 30 mm (García, Troncoso & Dominguez 2002).

Bullina elegans Menke, 1830, p. 13, 125, [Lister Conch. pl. 715, fig. 74]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Porto-rico
Range: 18°N ; 66°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7.6 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Menke (1830) NSEWM

Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817, p. 483, [Lister, pl. 715, fig. 74; Martini, 1769, text-fig. 4-5, p. 274]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Solander (1786)
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 13.3°N ; 61.2°W
Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: A. Adams (1850c) NSEW; Rolán (2003) s


Partial List of References

Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 345-757. Panckoucke: Paris.
Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Menke, K. T. 1830. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum  xvi + 169. Author: Pyrmont. [Stated date: -- --- 1830; true date: post 12 Apr.]

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