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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Retusidae

Retusa sulcata (d'Orbigny, 1841)


Range: 35°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 5 to 174 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4  mm

Synonymy

Bulla sulcata d'Orbigny, 1841
Utriculus sulcata (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Sulcoretusa sulcata (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Retusa omphalis Mörch, 1875
Utriculus omphalis (Mörch, 1875) 

Details


Bulla sulcata d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 129-130, pl. 4 bis, figs. 9, 21 [sic, 9-12]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Saint-Thomas; Guadeloupe
Range: 35°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 5 to 174 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: Havana Province, Matanzas; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe
References: d'Orbigny (1841b) E; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Princz (1982a); Odé (1990b) WM
Combining Genera:  Sulcoretusa Utriculus

Retusa omphalis Mörch, 1875b, p. 172
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1875) NSEWM; Valdés et al. (2006) s?
Combining Genera:  Utriculus


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.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.

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