Cerion by Harasewych | Conchology - Cerion by Harasewych





Original Description:
Geographic Distribution:
Exuma Group of Islands, Bahama Islands
Type Locality:
Strout [Stroud] Key, [Exuma Group, Bahamas].
[24° 2' N, -76° 29' W]

Maynard (1920d:120) and Clench (1957:164) listed this taxon as occurring on Little Strout [Stroud],  Strout [Stroud], East and West Hawksbill and Cistern Keys [Exuma Group, Bahamas].  The lectotype is from Strout [Stroud] Key.



Type Material:
Lectotype, MCZ 76130

The remaining 1,951 syntypes, including  MCZ 76131, MCZ 76132, MCZ 118195, USNM 420000 (200 specimens) and USNM 420122 (200 specimens), are paralectotypes.

Additional Records:
MolluscaBase Information:
No MolluscaBase Information Found.
Remarks:
Maynard (1919a:15; 1919b:35) twice used this binomen as a nomen nudum. Maynard (1926:198-203) provided additional data based on dissections and noted that this was one of a very few taxa that occured on more than a single key.
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