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Gastropoda: : Tritonioidea: Scyllaeidae

Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758


Range: 41.5°N to 8°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 102  mm

Synonymy

Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Lepus pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Scyllaea ghomfodensis Forsskål, 1775
Scyllaea grayae Adams & Reeve, 1850
Scyllaea hookeri Gray, 1850
Scyllaea quoyi Gray, 1850
Scyllaea marginata Bergh, 1871
Scyllaea edwardsii A. E. Verrill, 1878
Scyllaea lamyi Vayssière, 1917

Details


Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758, p. 656, [Seb. mus. 1, t. 74, f. 7]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'in Pelagi Fuco natante'
Range: 41.5°N to 8°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Bonaire; Bermuda, Bahamas, Brazil: Pernambuco
References: A. E. Verrill (1901); Platts (1985) E; Zinn (1984) NM; Thompson (1988) s; Lyons (1989b) l
Combining Genera:  Lepus

Scyllaea edwardsii A. E. Verrill, 1878, 
[Synonym]
Range: 41.5°N ; 70.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 102 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Verrill (1882a) M; Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Scyllaea ghomfodensis Forsskål, 1775, p. 103
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mari rubro parcius inter Ghomfodam & Djesân
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Scyllaea grayae Adams & Reeve, 1850, p. 67, pl. 19, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: North Atlantic Ocean
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Scyllaea hookeri Gray, 1850b, p. 106, pl. 203, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Scyllaea lamyi Vayssière, 1917, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Scyllaea pelagica var. marginata Bergh, 1871, p. 1292-1293
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sargasso Sea
Distribution: Sargasso Sea

Scyllaea quoyi Gray, 1850b, p. 106, pl. 203, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s


Partial List of References

Adams, A. and L. Reeve. 1850. Mollusca The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Samarang 25-87, pl. 7-24 Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.
Bergh, R. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Sargassomeeres Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologische-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21 1273-1308, pls. 11-13.
Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium  20 + xxxv + 164 pp., 1 map. Mölleri: Hauniae.
Gray, J. E. 1850. Figures of the molluscous animals. Explanations of the plates Figures of the Molluscous Animals 4 1-124. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1850; true date: post 12 Feb.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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