Strophiops pygmea Maynard, 1924

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Synonymy

Strophiops pygmea Maynard, 1924c:4-5; Harasewych et al., 2007:521, fig. 245.

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Geographic Distribution: New Providence and Adjacent Islands, Bahama Islands.

Type Locality: St. James Corner, East Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas

Type Material: Holotype, MCZ 76021

Remarks

From crab hole, with S. minima and S. concina. Maynard (1924c:4) noted that this was the smallest fossil Cerion known to him. Gould and Woodruff (1985:481) considered this a synonym of C. universum.

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