Range: 27.3°N to 10°N; 83.9°W to 61.5°W Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 0 to 12 m) Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
Synonymy
Trochus tuber Linnaeus, 1758 Astralium tuber (Linnaeus, 1758) Imperator tuber (Linnaeus, 1758) Cidaris tuberculata Röding, 1798 Astraea dominicana A. H. Verrill, 1950 Astraea venezuelensis Flores & Caceres, 1984
Details
Trochus tuberLinnaeus, 1758, p. 759, [Argen. t. 11, f. R; Regen. t. 3, f. 27] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo Range: 27.3°N to 10°N; 83.9°W to 61.8°W Depth: 0 to 9 m (live 0 to 2.4 m) Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique, Grenada References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) cE; Arango (1880); Houbrick (1968) S; Britton (1975) W; Lozet & Pétron (1977) M; Lyons (1989b) N; Hewitt (2005a) Combining Genera: Astralium Imperator
Astraea tuber dominicanaA. H. Verrill, 1950b, p. 7, text figs. 1-6 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Thomas, Tortola, Dominica Range: 18.4°N to 15.5°N; 64.9°W to 61.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, Tortola; Dominica References: A. H. Verrill (1950b) NSEWM
Cidaris tuberculataRöding, 1798, p. 85, [Knorr 1, pl. 3, fig. 2; 4, pl. 4, figs. 3-4; Chemnitz 1781 pl. 165, figs. 1572-1573] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated
Astraea venezuelensis Flores & Caceres, 1984, [Synonym] Range: 11°N to 10.5°N; 64.2°W to 63°W Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 1 to 12 m) Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdLlNSEWM
Partial List of References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.] Verrill, A. H. 1950. New subspecies from the West Indies Conchological Club of Southern California, Minutes 101 5-7. [Stated date: -- Jun 1950.]
