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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Roxania pinguicula (Seguenza, 1879)


Range: 30.98°N to 0°N; 86°W to 30.44°W
Depth: 538 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.8  mm

Synonymy

Bulla pinguicula Seguenza, 1879
Vesica abyssicola (Dall, 1881) 
Bulla abyssicola Dall, 1881
Bulla guernei Dautzenberg, 1889

Details


Bulla pinguicula Seguenza, 1879, p. 250-252, pl. 16, fig. 7
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Jeffreys MS; Jeffreys (1880:318, nude name)
Type Locality: Astiano, Provincia di Reggio, Italy (fossil)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
References: Seguenza (1879) M; CLEMAM (2006) c

Bulla abyssicola Dall, 1881, p. 97
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Yucatan Strait
Range: 30.98°N to 22°N; 86°W to 79.64°W
Depth: 538 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, South of Dry Tortugas, Florida; Yucatan Strait
References: Dall (1881) DSWM; Dall (1889b); Dall (1927b) dN; Sabelli et al. (1990) s
Combining Genera:  Vesica

Bulla guernei Dautzenberg, 1889, p. 24, pl. 1, figs. 5a-d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Hirondelle sta. 112, Pico, 38°34'30"N, 30°26'30"W, 1287 m
Range: 30.44°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Azores
References: Dautzenberg (1889) EM

Bullaria pinguiscula sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for pinguicula by Maury (1922).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]
Dautzenberg, P. 1889. Contribution a la faune malacologique des Iles Açores Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince de Monaco 1 1-112, pls. 1-4. [Stated date: 15 Oct 1889.]
Seguenza, G. 1879. Le Formazioni Terziarie nella Provincia di Reggio (Calabria)  446 pp., 17 pls. Salviucci: Roma.

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