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 | Bulla umbilicata Röding, 1798.
Species No. 659.
"Bulla umbilicata" (a preoccupied name) is synonymized under
Bulla occidentalis A. Adams, 1850.
Bulla occidentalis is the only representative of this genus
occurring in the Bahamas.
See Malaquias & Reid (2008) in Zoological Journal of the Linnean
Society 153(3):453-543. [Also see
Species-of-the-Month] |
| Agathotoma sp. C. Species No.
541.
This is Suturocythara redferni García, 2008.
See García (2008) in Novapex 9(1):1-15. |
| Agathotoma sp. A. Species No. 539.
This is Agathotoma ecthymata García, 2008.
See García (2008) in Novapex 9(1):1-15. |
| Limopsis antillensis Dall, 1881.
Species No. 837.
This species is reassigned to the genus Cratis in the
family Philobryidae.
See "Seashells of southern Florida: living marine mollusks of the
Florida Keys and adjacent regions. Bivalves" by P. M. Mikkelsen & R.
Bieler. 2008. |
| Americardia media (Linné, 1758).
Species No. 926.
This species is reassigned to the genus Ctenocardia.
See "Seashells of southern Florida: living marine mollusks of the
Florida Keys and adjacent regions. Bivalves" by P. M. Mikkelsen & R.
Bieler. 2008. |
| Babakina festiva (Roller, 1972).
Species No. 747.
This is re-identified as Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979).
See Gosliner, González-Duarte & Cervera (2007) in Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society 151:671-689.
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| Flabellina sp. A. Species No.
740.
This is Flabellina dana Millen & Hamann, 2006.
See Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(30):925-936.
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| Siraius kyolis Marcus & Marcus, 1967.
Species No. 722.
This species is reassigned to the genus Doris.
See "Caribbean Sea Slugs" by Valdés, Hamann, Behrens & DuPont.
2006. |
| Anisodoris worki Marcus & Marcus, 1967.
Species No. 726.
This species is reassigned to the genus Sclerodoris.
See Caribbean Sea Slugs, by Valdés, Hamann, Behrens & DuPont. 2006. |
| Latirus virginensis Abbott, 1958.
Species No. 432.
This species is now placed in the genus Pustulatirus, and
should be referred to as Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott,
1958).
See Vermeij & Snyder (2006) in Journal of Molluscan Studies
72:413-424.
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| Latirus cariniferus (Lamarck, 1822).
Species No. 430.
This species should now be referred to as Hemipolygona distincta
(A. Adams, 1855).
See Vermeij & Snyder (2006) in Journal of Molluscan Studies
72:413-424. |
| Cerithioidean sp. Species No. 111.
This is identified as Cerithiopsis guitarti Espinosa & Ortea,
2001.
See notes on this species in Rolán, Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés
(2007). Neptunea 6(2):1-29. |
| Muricopsis oxytata (M. Smith, 1938).
Species No. 374.
Houart (2006) re-assigned this species to the genus Murexsul,
and it should now be referred to as Murexsul oxytatus (M.
Smith, 1938).
See Houart (2006) in Novapex 7(2-3):47-53. |
| Zebina browniana (d'Orbigny, 1842).
Pl. 18, fig. 151C.
The above figured shell is distinct from Zebina browniana and
is re-identified as Zebina vitrinella (Mørch,
1876). Species No. 154, previously identified as Z. vitrinella,
is now considered to be an unidentified (and possibly undescribed)
Zebina sp.
See Faber (2005) in Miscellanea Malacologica 1(5):81-99.
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| Rictaxis punctostriatus (C. B. Adams,
1840). Species No. 632.
Valdés et al. (2006) transferred this species to the genus
Japonacteon, and it should now be referred to as Japonacteon
punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840).
See Caribbean Sea Slugs, by Valdés, Hamann, Behrens & DuPont.
2006. |
| Eulimostraca sp. A. Species No.
339.
This is Eulimostraca encalada Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña,
2006.
See Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 17(4):137-141.
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| Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827).
Species No. 709.
Janssen (2005) restricted the range of C. columnella to the
Indo-Pacific. This species is now re-identified as Columnella
atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972.
See Janssen (2005) in Basteria 69:25-72.
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| Philinopsis sp. B. Species No.
649.
This species was previously identified here as Philinopsis aeci
Ortea & Espinosa, 2001, which has now been shown by Valdés et al. (2006) to be a junior synonym
of Philinopsis petra (Ev. Marcus, 1976).
See "Caribbean Sea Slugs" by Valdés, Hamann, Behrens & DuPont.
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| "Bittium" turriculum Nowell-Usticke,
1969. Species No. 88.
Faber (2005) has shown this to be a junior synonym of Cerithium
oryza Mørch, 1876.
Pending establishment of the correct genus, the species is now
referred to here as
"Bittium" oryza (Mørch, 1876).
See Faber (2005) in Miscellanea Malacologica 1(5):81-99. |
| Vitreolina sp. Species No. 362.
This is Vitreolina colini Espinosa & Ortea, 2006.
See Avicennia 18:27. |
| Conus sp. Species No. 509.
This is Conus gadesi Espinosa & Ortea, 2005.
See Revista de
la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 16(4):125-129. |
| Pyrgocythara sp. Species No. 555.
This is Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840).
See Faber (2004) in Miscellanea Malacologica 1(3):49-71. |
| Strictispira sp. Species No. 528.
This is Strictispira redferni Tippett, 2006.
See Malacologia 48(1-2):43-64. |
| Nucinella sp. Species No. 810.
This is Nucinella adamsi (Dall, 1898).
See Campbell, L., S. C. Campbell & M. Gonzalez (2001) in
Abstracts, World Congress of Malacology, Vienna, Austria. L.
Salvini-Plawen, J. Voltzow, H. Sattmann & G. Steiner, eds.; Unitas
Malacologica:47. |
| Nodilittorina mordax Bandel & Kadolsky,
1982. Species No. 117.
This species should now be referred to as Echinolittorina riisei
(Mörch, 1876).
See Reid (2002) in Journal of Molluscan Studies 68:259-281 for
synonymy of N. mordax under N. riisei.
See Williams, Reid & Littlewood (2003) in Molecular Phylogenetics &
Evolution 28:60-86 for re-assignment of western Atlantic species of
Nodilittorina to Echinolittorina. |
| Haplocochlias sp. A. Species No. 66.
This is Haplocochlias nunezi Espinosa, Ortea &
Fernández-Garcés, 2004.
See Avicennia 17:71-76. |
| Pollia auritula (Link, 1807).
Page 94. Occurrence should read "live specimens are very
uncommon..." |
| Flabellina sp. B. Species No. 741.
This species is now identified as Flabellina dushia
(Marcus & Marcus, 1963).
See Ortea, Caballer & Moro (2004) in Vieraea 32:83-96.
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| Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819).
Species No. 880.
This species has been returned to the genus Chama, to which
it was originally assigned, and should correctly be referred to as Chama radians Lamarck, 1819.
See Campbell, Steiner, Campbell & Dreyer (2004) in Malacologia
46(2):381-415. |
| Odostomia sp. A. Species No. 587.
This is "Egila" ektopa Pimenta & Absalão,
2004.
See Zoosystema 26(2):157-173.
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| Teinostoma millepunctata Nowell-Usticke,
1969. Species No. 193.
The above name was shown by Faber (1995) to be preoccupied, and the
species should now be referred to as Teinostoma ciskae
Faber, 1995, a replacement name.
See De Kreukel 31(5):59-69. |
| Alvania moolenbeeki De Jong & Coomans,
1988. Species No. 128.
This species is re-identified as Alvania dejongi Faber &
Moolenbeek, 2004.
See Beaufortia 54(3):59-65.
True Alvania moolenbeeki has not yet been recorded from Abaco. |
| Dacrydium sp. Species No. 818.
This is Dacrydium leucoguttatum Van Der Linden & Moolenbeek,
2004.
See Miscellanea Malacologica 1(2):17-20. |
| Siliquariid sp. Species No. 96.
This is Hummelinckiella borinquensis Faber & Moolenbeek,
1999.
See Bulletin Zoölogical Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam
17(5):41-45. |
| Ithycythara sp. B. Species No.
547.
This is Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004.
See Revista de
la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 15 (3-4):207-216. |
| Cylichnid sp. B. Species No. 643.
This is Atys alayoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004.
See Revista de
la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 15 (3-4):207-216. |
| Ctenoides floridanus (Olsson & Harbison,
1953). Species No. 851.
This species should now be referred to as Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck,
1807), a senior synonym of C. floridanus.
See Mikkelsen & Bieler (2003) in Invertebrate Systematics
17:667-710. |
| Janolus comis Er. Marcus, 1955.
Species No. 739.
This species is re-identified as Janolus costacubensis Ortea
& Espinosa, 2000. Features differentiating the two species include
details of the radula and ornamentation of the rhinophores.
See Avicennia 12/13:79-83. |
| Thala floridana (Dall, 1884). Species
No. 496.
This should now be referred to as Mitromica foveata (Sowerby 1874).
See Rosenberg & Salisbury (2003) in Notulae Naturae 478:1-30. |
| Hyalina pallida. Species No. 440.
This is re-identified as Hyalina redferni Espinosa & Ortea,
2002, of which the specimens figured in figs. 440A and 440B are
syntypes. There are currently no confirmed records of Hyalina
pallida from Abaco.
See Avicennia 15:101-128. |
| Rissoina sp. B. Species No. 143.
This is Rissoina redferni Espinosa & Ortea, 2002.
See Avicennia 15:141-146. |
| Schwartziella sp. Species No. 150.
This is Schwartziella abacocubensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2002.
See Avicennia 15:141-146. |
| Canalispira sp. Species No. 467.
This is Canalispira gomezi (Espinosa & Ortea, 1997).
See Avicennia 6/7:141-145. |
| Cyclopecten sp. Species No.
872.
This is Similipecten redferni Dijkstra, 2002, of which
the valve in fig. 872A is the holotype.
See Basteria 66(4-6):189-192. |
| Papyridea soleniformis.
Species No. 924.
The shell figured on pl. 96, fig. 924 is re-identified as
Papyridea lata (Born, 1778).
Papyridea soleniformis also occurs in Abaco, but is less
equilateral. The umbones are not as inflated, becoming flatter on the
posterior side, and the valves are less colorful.
See Watters (2002) in The Nautilus 116(4):118-128. |
| Plesiocystiscus sp. A.
Species No. 465.
This is Intelcystiscus
gordonmoorei Ortea & Espinosa, 2001.
See Avicennia 14:107-114. |
| Thuridilla picta.
Species No. 676.
This species is re-identified as Thuridilla mazda Ortea &
Espinosa, 2000.
See Avicennia 12/13:87-90.
True T. picta has only recently been recorded from Abaco. |
| Fossarus ambiguus (Linné,
1758).
Page 25.
Occurrence should read " very uncommon in beach drift ". |
| Astyris sp. A.
Species No. 409.
This is Mitrella antares
Costa & Souza, 2001.
See Iberus 19(2):15-21. |
| Cuthona sp. A. Species No.
758.
This is Eubranchus leopoldoi
Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001.
See Avicennia Supplement 4:55-56, Moluscos del mar Caribe de Costa
Rica. |
| Pollia sp. Species No.
399.
This is Pollia milleri (Usticke, 1959).
See Usticke, G. W. N. 1959. A Check List of the Marine Shells of
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, with Random Annotations. Lane Press:
Burlington, Vermont. 90 pp. |
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