Turbonilla punicea Dall, 1884

Pimenta, Alexandre D. & Absalão, Ricardo S., 2002, On the taxonomy of Turbonilla puncta (C. B. Adams, 1850) (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae), with the description of a new species from Brazil and remarks on other western atlantic species, Zootaxa 78, pp. 1-16 : 11

Turbonilla punicea Dall, 1884 ( Figs. 30­31 )

Turbonilla (viridaria var.) punicea Dall, 1884: 332 ; Odé (1996: 54).

Not Turbonilla punicea: Perry & Schwengel (1955: 120, pl/ 63, fig. 158) (= sp. undet.). Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) punicea: Powell (1981: 41, fig. 1).

Type locality: Cedar Keys, Florida, USA.

Type material: Holotype: USNM 35954, Cedar Keys, Florida, USA, Hemphill coll.

Additional material examined: USNM 780665, Bogue Sound, North Carolina, USA [2].

Remarks: As shown by Powell (1981), Turbonilla punicea Dall, 1884 (figs. 30­31) can be distinguished by its chubby outline and by the finer striae (fig. 31), which are not so crowded and regularly spaced as in T. puncta .

Figures

FIGURES 27 ­ 32: 27 ­ 30: Turbonilla westermanni Jong & Coomans, 1988: 27 ­ holotype (ZMA 3.87.107), length: 4.2 mm; 28 ­ paratype (ZMA 3.87.174), length: 5.7 mm; 29 ­ whole shell (IBUFRJ 8949), length: 5.1 mm; 30 ­ base (IBUFRJ 8949). Scale bar: 500 m. 31 ­ 32: Turbonilla punicea Dall, 1884: 31 ­ holotype (USNM 35954), length: 7.6 mm; 32: base of holotype. Scale bar: 500 m.