The Liguus of Cuba, adjacent Keys
and Isle of Pines

This is a photo and information page for the Liguus fasciatus ssp. of Cuba.
The listed subspecies do not all have available photos at the moment, they will
have verified photos if I can find specimens to photograph. Some
may have been synonymized or have become "nomen nudum".

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Discussion of the Liguus fasciatus spp.

The fasciatus is widespread throughout the main Island of Cuba, the
offshore keys and Isla de Pinos (the largest offshore key / island south of Cuba).

The following is a synopsis of information on these Liguus;
type locality, holotype or paratype depository and publication of description.
The photo pages will discuss them in groups of six, in alphabetical order.

Liguus fasciatus ramosi Jaume 1952 -
Type locality: Lomas de Soroa, Candelaria, Province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Jaume MBM No. 22,510.
Description: Jaume, 1952, Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Malacologia
de la Habana, (Marzo), page 506.

Liguus fasciatus romanoense Jaume 1952 -
Type locality: Cayo Romano, north of Province of Las Villas, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Jaume MBM 8,219.
Description: Jaume, 1952, Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Malacologia
de la Habana, (Marzo), page 508-509.

Liguus fasciatus roseoviridis Sanchez Roig 1951 -
Type locality: Central Jaronú, Province of Camagüey, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Sanchez Roig No. 1,072.
Description: Sanchez Roig, 1951, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 8(1):35-36, plate 5, fig 1.

Liguus fasciatus salvatoris de la Torre 1953 -
Type locality: Finca "Bacunagua", Los Palacios, Province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Unknown ??
Description: de la Torre, 1953, Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana
de Historia Natural, Vol 21(2):224.

Liguus fasciatus sanchezi Alcalde 1944 -
Type locality: Loma de Ponce, past Rio Caburní, Trinidad,
Province of Las Villas, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Alcalde No. ??
Description: Alcalde, 1944, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 2:11, plate 3, fig 3.
Comment: The Clench catalog is in error. L.f. sanchezi Ledon 1944 is
L.f. sanchezi Alcalde 1944.

Liguus fasciatus sanctamariae Sanchez Roig 1951-
Type locality: South coast of Cayo Santa Maria, Caibarien,
Province of Las Villas, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Sanchez Roig No. 1,076.
Description: Sanchez Roig, 1951, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 8(1):24-25, plate 5, fig 5.
Comments: A small and thin variable shell, recently highlighted in a study of
environmental factors vs. distribution of color morphs within Cayo Santa Maria
by Ignacio Fernández and Gloria Perera of the Malacological Laboratory, I.P.K.,
Habana, Cuba. [Malacological Review,1997, 30:71-76].

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