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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Cylichnella bidentata (d'Orbigny, 1841)


Range: 39°N to 35°S; 97°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 366 m (live 0 to 8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4  mm

Synonymy

Bulla bidentata d'Orbigny, 1841
Tornatina bidentata (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Cylichna bidentata (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Acteocina bidentata (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Bulla biplicata H. C. Lea, 1845
Utriculus biplicata (H. C. Lea, 1845) 
Cylichnella biplicata (H. C. Lea, 1845) 
Cylichnella mareana Weisbord, 1962

Details


Bulla bidentata d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 125-126, pl. 4, figs. 13-16
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Several localities
Range: 35°N to 35°S; 97°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 366 m (live 0 to 8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe, Martinique, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Alagoas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay
References: Sykes & Hall (1970) {l}; Gosliner (1979); Princz (1982a); Cosel (1986) {d}; Lyons (1989b) L; Odé (1990b) dl; Valdés et al. (2006) c
Comments: Records from New Jersey (Hoagland 1983c) and St. Helena (E. A. Smith (1890b: 297) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Acteocina Cylichna Tornatina

Bulla biplicata H. C. Lea, 1845a, p. 204, [H. C. Lea 1845b, pl. 24, fig. 2]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Cape May [New Jersey]
Range: 39°N to 6°N; 75°W to 54°W
Depth: 0 to 88 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey, North Carolina; Surinam
References: H. C. Lea (1845a) NW; Bush (1885a) D; Pilsbry (1895a) s; Altena (1975) dSEM
Combining Genera:  Cylichnella Utriculus

Cylichnella mareana Weisbord, 1962, p. 458-459, pl. 47, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation at W-13, on hillside above west bank of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
References: Weisbord (1962) M; J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.]
Lea, H. C. 1845. A description of some new species of marine shells inhabiting the coast of the United States Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1 204-205. [Stated date: -- Mar 1845.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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