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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Acteocina lepta Woodring, 1928


Range: 35°N to 2°N; 93°W to 51°W
Depth: 2 to 457 m (live 7 to 226 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.3  mm

Synonymy

Retusa candei auct. non d'Orbigny, 1841
Tornatina candei auct. non d'Orbigny, 1841
Acteocina recta auct. non d'Orbigny, 1841
Tornatina cylindrica Emmons, 1858
Acteocina lepta Woodring, 1928

Details


Acteocina lepta Woodring, 1928, p. 121, pl. 2, fig. 5
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Bowden beds, Jamaica
Range: 35°N to 2°N; 93°W to 51°W
Depth: 2 to 457 m (live 7 to 226 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.3 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Andros; Cuba, Cayman Islands: Unlocalized; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Brazil: unlocalized
References: Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1987) DdLlNSE{W}; Lyons (1989b) M; Odé (1990b) W

Retusa candei auct. non d'Orbigny, 1841, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Puerto Rico
References: Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1987) s
Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961).
Combining Genera:  Tornatina

Tornatina cylindrica Emmons, 1858, p. 272, fig. 282
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Miocene, North Carolina
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
References: Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1987) s?

Acteocina recta auct. non d'Orbigny, 1841, 
[Not available]
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1987) s
Comments: Misidentification by Peile (1926).


Partial List of References

Emmons, E. 1858. Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the eastern counties; together with descriptions of the foss  xvi + 315 pp. [Stated date: post Mar 1.]
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.]

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