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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Haminoeoidea: Haminoeidae

Haminoea solitaria (Say, 1822)


Range: 46°N to 27.8°N; 81°W to 62°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 0 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Bulla solitaria Say, 1822
Bulla insculpta Totten, 1835
Haminea novaeeboraci Sowerby II, 1868

Details


Bulla solitaria Say, 1822a, p. 245
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Maryland
Range: 46°N to 27.8°N; 81°W to 62°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 0 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida
References: Kurtz (1860); Bousfield (1964) NE; Wass (1972); Porter (1974) D{S}; Zinn (1984) d; Long Island Shell Club (1988) Ll; Clark (1995) SW
Comments: The record by Espinosa et al. (2006) from Pinar del Rio, Cuba needs confirmation.

Bulla insculpta Totten, 1835, p. 350, fig. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, 15 feet
Range: 42.3°N to 41.5°N; 71.3°W to 70.7°W
Depth: 4.5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
References: Totten (1834) DdSWM; Gould (1841) NE

Haminea novae-eboraci Sowerby II, 1868a,  pl. 1, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: New York
Range: 40.5°N to 41°N; 72°W to 75°W
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: USA: New York
References: Sowerby II (1868a) M; Pilsbry (1895a) s


Partial List of References

Say, T. 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 221-248, 257-276, 302-325. [Stated date: -- Jun 1822; true date: -- Jul 1822.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1868. Monograph of the genus Haminea Conchologia Iconica 16 pls. 1-5
Totten, J. G. 1835. Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2 American Journal of Science and Arts 28 347-353, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Jul 1835.]

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