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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Retusidae

Retusa caelata (Bush, 1885)


Range: 35°N to 39°S; 96.3°W to 45°W
Depth: 5 to 155 m (live 15 to 101 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.2  mm

Synonymy

Cylichna caelata Bush, 1885
Pyrunculus caelata (Bush, 1885) 
Utriculus caelata (Bush, 1885) 
Retusa iheringi Ihering, 1915

Details


Cylichna caelata Bush, 1885a, p. 468, pl. 45, fig. 15
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 15-43 fathoms [USFC sta. 2292 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35°N to 39°S; 96.3°W to 45°W
Depth: 5 to 155 m (live 15 to 101 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.2 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Venezuela: Isla la Blanquilla, Isla Margarita; Puerto Rico, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Sao Paulo; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Dall & Simpson (1901); Parker & Curray (1956) W; Rice & Kornicker (1965) {D}; Castellanos (1970a) S; Porter (1974); Princz (1977) d; Odé (1990b) D{d}Ll; Valdés et al. (2006) c
Combining Genera:  Pyrunculus Utriculus

Retusa iheringi Ihering, 1915, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Dall
References: Marcus (1977b) v; Valdés et al. (2006) s


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453-480, pl. 45.

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