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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Rhizoridae

Volvulella persimilis (Mörch, 1875)


Range: 35.35°N to 38.02°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 805 m (live 3 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Volvula cylindrica Gabb, 1873
Volvula persimilis Mörch, 1875
Rhizorus persimilis (Mörch, 1875) 
Volvula oxytata Bush, 1885
Rhizorus oxytata (Bush, 1885) 
Retusa oxytata (Bush, 1885) 
Volvula cercadensis Van Winkle, 1921
Volvulella moerchi Dall, 1927
Volvula ischnatracta Pilsbry, 1930

Details


Volvula persimilis Mörch, 1875b, p. 179
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Antilles
Range: 35°N to 35°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 800 m (live 3 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon, Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay
References: Marcus & Marcus (1960a) D{L}l; Harry (1967) {D}NS; Altena (1975) dM; J. Andrews (1977) W; Princz (1983); Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Odé (1990b) L
Combining Genera:  Rhizorus

Volvula cercadensis Van Winkle, 1921, 
[Synonym]
References: Woodring (1970) s
Comments: Replacement name for Volvula cylindrica Gabb, 1873 non Carpenter, 1865.

Volvula cylindrica Gabb, 1873, p. 246, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Miocene', Santo Domingo
References: Woodring (1970) s
Comments: Non Carpenter, 1865. Described as a fossil from the Dominican Republic.

Volvula ischnatracta Pilsbry, 1930, p. 301, text-fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: About 12 miles within the western edge of Andros Bank, west of Middle Bight, Andros, Bahamas, 3 1/4 fathoms
Range: 24.2°N ; 78.2°W
Depth: 6 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.8 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Andros
References: Pilsbry (1930) DdNSEWM; Harry (1967) s

Volvullela mörchi Dall, 1927b, p. 22
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Georgia
Range: 30.73°N ; 79.43°W
Depth: 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia
References: Dall (1927b) DdNSEWM; Harry (1967) s
Comments: The spelling 'morchi' might be preferable, depending on interpretation of ICZN Article 32.5.2.1 (Mörch was Danish not German).

Volvula oxytata Bush, 1885a, p. 468, pl. 45, fig. 12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 7-17 fathoms [USFC sta. 2112 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.35°N to 38.02°S; 83.07°W to 56°W
Depth: 0 to 62 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina; Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Surinam, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Bush (1885a) {D}N; Harry (1967) s; Houbrick (1968) dW; Castellanos (1970c) S{E}M; Princz (1977) DE
Combining Genera:  Retusa Rhizorus


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.
Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.
Gabb, W. M. 1873. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (ns)15 49-259, 2 fold-out maps.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1930. List of land and freshwater mollusks collected on Andros, Bahamas Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 82 297-302, pl. 22. [True date: 13 Dec 1930.]

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