Chondropoma marinum Reeve, 1863

Watters, G. Thomas, 2016, Review of the Hispaniolan Parachondria (Chondropomorus) complex (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), Zootaxa 4127 (2), pp. 245-275 : 274

Chondropoma marinum Reeve, 1863

Reeve (1863), in his review of the genus Chondropoma , illustrated what appeared to be a member of this complex as Chondropoma marinum Weinland, 1862 , from the “Island of Haiti.” There were two figures, 57a and 57b, which illustrated two different species; 57a was identified as C. marinum , 57b was not identified in the text. Reeve gave “Weinland, Malak. Blat. 1862” as the source of the name. Neither Bartsch (1946) nor Watters (2006, and here) could find this reference. Pfeiffer (1865, 1876) and Crosse (1891) referred to Reeve as the author and synonymized the species with Cyclostoma emilianum Weinland, 1862 (= Crossepoma emilianum (Weinland, 1862)) . The species name may have been changed from marinum to emilianum prior to publication, with Reeve perhaps having seen the former as a manuscript or label name. Nevertheless, Bartsch (1946) did not agree with that assessment and considered C. marinum distinct, moving the species to his catch-all “ Incertipoma ” (see under P. s am an i c o l u s above). The illustration does not allow accurate identification and the specimen, presumably at NHMUK, cannot be found (J. Ablett, NHMUK, pers. com., 2015). The species is here regarded as a nomen dubium.