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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Aglajidae

Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)


Range: 25.7°N to 12°N; 81.4°W to 67°W
Depth: 0.9 to 4 m (live 0.9 to 4 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Chelidonura adamsi Angas, 1867
Chelidonura elegans Bergh, 1900
Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903

Details


Bulla hirundinina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 25.7°N to 12°N; 81.4°W to 67°W
Depth: 0.9 to 4 m (live 0.9 to 4 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; ABC Islands: Curacao; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus (1963) S; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) dlN{W}EM; Thompson (1977) DL; Hess & Abbott (1994) W; Valdés & Héros (1998) T; DuPont (2001)
Comments: Internal shell 2 mm (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus 1970).

Chelidonura adamsi Angas, 1867, 
[Synonym]
References: Gosliner (1980) s

Chelidonura hirundinina var. elegans Bergh, 1900b, p. 213-220, pl. 19, fig. 1-25, pl. 20, fig. 26-33
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Laysan Island
References: Marcus & Marcus (1963) s

Chelidonura philinopsis Eliot, 1903, 
[Synonym]
References: Gosliner (1980) s?


Partial List of References

Bergh, R. 1900. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific (Schauinsland 1896-1897). Die Opisthobranchier Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 13 207-246, pls. 19-21. [Stated date: 30 May 1900.]

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