Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) incisa Bush, 1899 Incised Turbonille

A. B. C. D. E.

Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) incisa Bush, 1899 Incised Turbonille

Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) incisa Bush, 1899 Incised Turbonille

Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) incisa Bush, 1899 Incised Turbonille

Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) incisa Bush, 1899 Incised Turbonille

Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) incisa Bush, 1899 Incised Turbonille

A.  Trawled off northeast Florida 5.5 mm.
B.   The type figure, drawn from the holotype (West Florida) designated by Katherine Bush (on its label) ANSP 62800: "three specimens" (Bush, 1899: 156-157, 174; pl. 8, fig. 12.) Specimen lost (Johnson, 1989:43). 6.4 mm.
C.  Paratype one of two; same locality, ANSP 62800, from Johnson (1989: 43; pl. 18, fig 8, as "lectotype," an invalid designation). 6.2 mm.
D.  Paratype two of two; same locality, ANSP 372503 (recatalogued from ANSP 62800). Absalão and Pimenta (1999: 80, 85; 90: fig. 18). 3.2 mm.

E.  Collected at 2730.213N  08020.289W (Indian River Lagoon north of the Fort Pierce Inlet/west of the Intracoastal Waterway) by grab sample in 1 meter of water in fine sand (4 mm.). Digital images by Michael Scott Jones, Research Assistant - Benthic Ecology, Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida.


Absalão, R. S. and A. D. Pimenta, 1999.  Turbonillla (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae) species described by Katharine Jeannette Bush: scanning electron microscope studies of the type material in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 149: 77-91. Jan. 29.

Bush, K. J., 1899.  Descriptions of new species of Turbonilla of the western Atlantic fauna, with notes on those previously known. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 51: 145-177 + 1 pl. April.
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389312

Johnson, R. I., 1989.  Molluscan taxa of Addison Emery Verrill and Katharine Jeannette Bush, including those introduced by Sanderson Smith and Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(67): 1-143. Aug. 30.
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