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Gastropoda: : Lottioidea: Lottiidae

Lottia jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 97.28°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19.5  mm

Synonymy

Patella jamaicensis Gmelin, 1791
Collisella jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791) 
Acmaea jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791) 
Patella fungoides Röding, 1798
Tectura fungus Mörch, 1852
Acmaea fungus (Mörch, 1852) 
Patella balanoides Reeve, 1855
Acmaea acra Woodring, 1928

Details


Patella jamaicensis Gmelin, 1791, p. 3715-3716, [Martini 1769, pl. 5, fig. 37]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 97.28°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19.5 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Moore (1958b) W; J. B. Lewis (1960) E; Rice & Kornicker (1962) M; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) {N}; Robinson & Montoya (1987) c; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Redfern (2001) N
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791 (p. 3730). Nomen dubium according to Jong & Coomans (1988); possible synonym of Lottia leucopleura according to Faber (2004).
Combining Genera:  Acmaea Collisella

Acmaea acra Woodring, 1928, p. 459, pl. 40, figs. 13-15
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Bowden beds, Jamaica
Maximum Reported Size: 9.1 mm
References: Woodring (1928) M

Patella balanoides Reeve, 1855a,  pl. 41, fig. 137a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 15°N to 16°N
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Christaens (1975a) s

Patella fungoides Röding, 1798, p. 8, [Lister, pl. 539, fig. 23]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Abbott (1958) s

Tectura fungus Mörch, 1852, p. 144, [Lister, pl. 439 {sic, 539}, fig. 23]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Meuschen; Reeve (1855a)
Type Locality: Unknown
Combining Genera:  Acmaea


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus Primus  [vi] + 170 pp. Hafniae. [Stated date: -- --- 1852; true date: pre 1 Oct.]
Reeve, L. 1855. Monograph of the genus Patella Conchologia Iconica 8 pls. 1, 25-42
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385 vii + 564 pp., 40 pls. [Stated date: 28 Nov 1928.]

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