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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Acteocina candei (d'Orbigny, 1841)


Range: 35°N to 36°S; 97°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 7 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5  mm

Synonymy

Tornatina canaliculata auct. non Say, 1822
Bulla pusilla Pfeiffer, 1840
Bulla candei d'Orbigny, 1841
Tornatina candei (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Retusa candei (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Utriculastra candei (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Cylichna virginica Conrad, 1868
Acteocina anetaspira Woodring, 1928
Acteocina cederstromi Richards, 1947
Acteocina vaughani Gardner, 1948
Acteocina elachista Woodring, 1970

Details


Bulla candei d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 128-129, pl. 4 bis, figs. 1-4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Several localities
Range: 35°N to 36°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 7 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo, Cozumel; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Zulia, Falcon; Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Brazil: Pernambuco; Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965) D; Princz (1977); Princz (1983); Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Lyons (1989b) l; Odé (1990b) lW
Combining Genera:  Retusa Tornatina Utriculastra

Acteocina anetaspira Woodring, 1928, p. 121-122, pl. 2, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bowden beds, Jamaica
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
References: Woodring (1928) M

Tornatina canaliculata auct. non Say, 1822, 
[Not available]
Range: 2°N to 35°S; 57°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 13 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Amapa, Para, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Alagoas, Trindade Island, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Argentina
References: Rios (1975) DdNSEWM; Rios (1985) s
Comments: Misidentification by Rios (1975) and Ortiz-Corps (1985).

Acteocina cederstromi Richards, 1947, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Campbell (1993) s?

Acteocina elachista Woodring, 1970, p. 418, pl. 62, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sta. 147b, Panama Railroad, abut 1065 m southeast of Gatun railroad station, Canal Zone, middle part of Gatun Formation, Panama
Maximum Reported Size: 2.3 mm
References: Woodring (1970) M
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Bulla pusilla Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 250, Not figured
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.4 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) M
Comments: May prove to be an older name for A. candei. Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1984) note that material in the Dunker collection identified as Bulla pusilla is Acteocina candei, but in the absence of confirmed type material, consider Pfeiffer's name a nomen dubium.

Acteocina canaliculata vaughani Gardner, 1948, p. 278-279, pl. 38, figs. 5-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Neills Eddy Landing, Cape Fear River, 3 miles north of Cronly, Columbus COunty, N. C. Waccamzw Formation
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
References: Gardner (1948) M; Campbell (1993) s?

Cylichna virginica Conrad, 1868, p. 257, pl. 21, fig. 2
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Virginia [fossil]
References: Campbell (1993) s?
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Conrad, T. A. 1868. Descriptions of new genera and species of Miocene shells, with notes on other fossil and recent species American Journal of Conchology 3 257-270, pls. 19-24. [True date: 02 Apr 1868.]
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.]
Gardner, J. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199B 179-310, pls. 24-38.
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.
Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385 vii + 564 pp., 40 pls. [Stated date: 28 Nov 1928.]
Woodring, W. P. 1970. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae) U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 306-D 299-452, pls. 48-66.

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