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Strophiops latonia Maynard, 1920

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Synonymy

Strophiops latonia Maynard, 1920c:95, fig. 84, pl. 18. fig. 1; Maynard and Clapp in Maynard, 1921b:147-148; Maynard, 1926:Plate 43, figs. 7, 8; Harasewych et al., 2007:459-460, fig. 136.

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

Type Locality: St. Paul's Quarry off West Sherley St., Nassau, [New Providence Island, Bahamas]

Type Material: Neotype, MCZ 76314

Remarks

Maynard (1924:6) listed S. latonia as extinct in 1924, due to burning of vegetation prior to cultivation.  Gould and Woodruff (1986:476) regarded this taxon to be "intermediate" between Cerion glans and C. gubernatorium.

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