The Maynard Cerion cotype collection
Charles Johnson Maynard (1845-1929) remains an enigma. Even a casual glance at the "species" illustrated here will leave the reader wondering "What did he see that I didn't?" Clench (1957: 123) had this to say of Maynard's attempts to unravel Cerion:
"His work was marred by many inaccuracies of all kinds and his attempts towards a clarification of this complex problem dwindled as the years passed, ending in brief descriptions and eventually a sales catalogue with a few "new species" described. In fairness to Maynard, however, the commercial side of his venture was not to gain profit for himself but to realize money to finance additional expeditions in quest of these mollusks in which he was so deeply interested. It seems to me that Maynard failed to grasp much of the importance of his own discoveries... Nevertheless, we owe much to Maynard for his early exploration of both the Bahama Islands and the Cayman Islands, as the specimens he collected are still the only materials available for study from many remote and inaccessible localities."
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| Taxon | Label information |
Match type locality* | OSUM # |
Description** |
"Our current thoughts" |
| Strophiops acuminator Maynard & Clapp, 1920 [acuminata on label] | Long Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29432 | Records, App., 10: 124, pl. 20, figs. 1-2 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops affinis Maynard, 1913 | Green Key near New Providence, Bahamas | Y | 29508 | Records, App., 5: 184 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia agrestina Maynard, 1894 | near south shore of New Providence -- on both sides of Blue Hill Rd. 1/2 mile from shore. Bahamas. Feb. 1913 | C | 29419 | Contributions 2: 179, fig. 60 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
| Strophia albea Maynard, 1894 | Spruce Key, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29485 | Contributions 2: 128, fig. 38 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops albicostata Maynard, 1924 | Long Key, southeast of Highborn Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29448 | Catalogue, Suppl.: 2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops albolabra Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Great Harbor Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29496 | Records, App., 10: 129, pl. 27, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops angustalabra Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | west side of Rose Id., opposite Green Key, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29506 | Records, App., 10: 143, pl. 39, figs. 9-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) subfossil |
| Strophiops arbusta Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Guana Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29495 | Records, App., 10: 133, pl. 30, figs. 5-6 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops argentea Maynard, 1913 | Silver Key, New Providence, Bahamas | C | 29486 | Records, App., 5: 191 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops aspera Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | south end of Great Guana Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29514 | Records, App., 10: 116, pl. 1, figs. 9-10 | Cerion aspera (Maynard & Clapp, 1920) |
| Strophiops aviaria Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Bird Key, Berry Islands, Bahamas | Y | 29504 | Records, App., 10: 130, pl. 27, figs. 9-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops balaena Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Whale Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29490 | Records, App., 10: 131, pl. 29, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia bimarginata Maynard, 1894 | Green Key, Andros, Bahamas | Y | 29476 | Contributions 2: 164, fig. 53 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops caduca Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Cabbage Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29440 | Records, App., 10: 133, pl. 30, figs. 9-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops caerulescens Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Key opposite Roseville, Great Exuma, Bahamas | C | 29471 | Records, App., 10: 122, pl. 23, figs. 5 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops cana Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Fortune Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29478 | Records, App., 10: 137, pl. 34, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops capraia Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | North Goat Key off Fresh Creek, Andros, Bahamas | Y | 29457 | Records, App., 10: 131, pl. 28, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops cervina Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Refuge Key, east of Norman's Pond Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29447 | Records, App., 10: 121, pl. 22, figs. 8-9 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia cinerea Maynard, 1894 | (lot 1) Bemis Beach, Hog
Island, [New Providence], Bahamas
(lot 2) south shore, Hog Is., opposite Potter's Key, [New Providence], Bahamas |
C | 29499
29497 |
Contributions 2: 119, fig. 35 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia cinerea mutata Maynard, 1894 | Atoll [= Athol] Id., New Providence, Bahamas | Y | 29503 | Contributions 2: 125, fig. 37a | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia cinerea robusta Maynard, 1894 | north side of Hog Island, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29470 | Contributions 2: 121, figs. 36a-b | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia cinerea tracta Maynard, 1894 | interior of Hog Island, [New Providence], Bahamas [subfossil] | C | 29505 | Contributions 2: 123, fig. 37 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops columbiana Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Pigeon Key, [Andros], Bahamas | Y | 29482 | Records, App., 10: 136, pl. 33, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops confusa Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Little Harbor Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29452 | Records, App., 10: 130, pl. 28, figs. 1-2; 136, pl. 34, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia coryi Maynard, 1894 | west end of New Providence, Bahamas | Y | 29444 | Contributions 2: 129, fig. 39 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops crassa Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | East Hill, Little Norman's Key, northwest of Great Exuma Id., Bahamas | Y | 29431 | Records, App., 10: 123, pl. 21, figs. 9-10 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophia curtissii nivea Maynard, 1894 | old cemetery, East Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29442 | Contributions 2: 102 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops cyclura Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Bitter Guana Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29462 | Records, App., 10: 119, pl. 3, figs. 3-5 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia eburnea Maynard, 1894 | U Key, Allen's Harbor, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29483 | Contributions 2: 144, fig. 45 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Multicostata elegantissima Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Norman's Pond Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29425 | Records, App., 10: 126, pl. 25, figs. 1-2 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
| Strophiops exasperata Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Key east of Anna's Tract, Great Exuma, Bahamas | Y | 29477 | Records, App., 10: 123, pl. 23, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops exigua Maynard, 1913 | Lower Fleming, SW of North Eleuthra, Bahamas | Y | 29484 | Records, App., 5: 196 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops extensa Maynard, 1924 | Baptist churchyard, St. James St. & Kemp's Rd., East Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29460 | Catalogue, Suppl.: 2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| "Cerion flavida Maynard" | Tate's Bay, Long Island | ? | 29512 | not in Clench (1957) | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops fruticosa Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Bush Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29467 | Records, App., 10: 125, pl. 20, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia grayi Maynard, 1894 | hill northeast of Highborn Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29434 | Contributions 2: 138, fig. 42 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophia glans grisea Maynard, 1894 | field north of Fresh Creek, Andros, Bahamas | C | 29473 | Contributions 2: 159, fig. 56 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops hartbennettii Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Potters Key, Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29443 | Records, App., 10: 146, pl. 42, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops helena Maynard, 1914 | south side of Fresh Creek, Andros, Bahamas | Y | 29445 | Records, App., 6: 177 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops inconstans Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | west side of Bird Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29468 | Records, App., 10: 119, pl. 3, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops inconsueta Maynard, 1913 | Great Pimlico, [Eleuthera], Bahamas | Y | 29433 | Records, App., 5: 193 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops inornata Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Bell Key, north of Exuma, Bahamas | Y | 29461 | Records, App., 10: 126, pl. 3, figs. 11-13 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops jenneyi Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Anderson's Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29489 | Records, App., 10: 134, pl. 31, figs. 9-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops latonia Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | St. Paul's Quarry off Shirley St., Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29465 | Records, App., 10: 147, pl. 43, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops litorea Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | south border of Guana Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29493 | Records, App., 10: 133, pl. 30, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops lobata Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | East Soldier Key, Berry Islands, Bahamas | Y | 29487 | Records, App., 10: 134, pl. 30, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops macularia Maynard, 1913 | between Fox Hill and south shore, New Providence, Bahamas | C | 29422 | Records, App., 5: 189 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
| Strophiops mayoi Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | field east of Mackay St., Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas | Y | 29424 | Records, App., 10: 148, pl. 43, figs. 9-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops mixta Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Bond Key, Berry Islands, Bahamas | Y | 29492 | Records, App., 10: 130, pl. 27, figs. 5-6 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops montana Maynard, 1924 | Sunnyside Estate, East Bay St., Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas | Y | 29498 | Catalogue, Suppl.: 3 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops navalis Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | south end of Ship Channel Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29469 | Records, App., 10: 124, pl. 20, figs. 8-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops normanii Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | West Hill, Little Norman's Key, northwest of Great Exuma, Bahamas | Y | 29435 | Records, App., 10: 123, pl. 20, fig. 5 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops obtusa Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Cat Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29488 | Records, App., 10: 132, pl. 29, figs. 9-10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops ornatula Maynard, 1913 | Current Settlement, Eleuthera, Bahamas | Y | 29420 | Records, App., 5: 197 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
| Strophiops palmata Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Wax Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29446 | Records, App., 10: 120, pl. 21, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops palmata minuta Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | middle of Wax Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29456 | Records, App., 10: 120, pl. 21, fig. 5 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops plebia Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Ligumvitae Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29427 | Records, App., 10: 130, pl. 21, fig. 5 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops primordia Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Great Stirrup Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29441 | Records, App., 10: 132, pl. 29, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops progressa Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | north end of Great Guana Key near Black Point, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29474 | Records, App., 10: 119, pl. 2, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops pulla Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | North Pigeon Key, Great Exuma, Bahamas | C | 29455 | Records, App., 10: 122, pl. 23, figs. 3-4 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops recessa Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | southern portion of Stocking Island, [Great Exuma], Bahamas | Y | 29450 | Records, App., 10: 122, pl. 24, figs. 2-3 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops rediviva Maynard, 1913 | field west of St. Paul's Quarry, Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29463 | Records, App., 5: 187 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops repetita Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | fields off Kemp's Rd., east Nassau, Bahamas | Y | 29426 | Records, App., 10: 149, pl. 45, figs. 5-6 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
| Strophia ritchiei Maynard, 1894 | southeast side of Highborn Key, northeast of Great Exuma, Bahamas | Y | 29428 paratypes |
Contributions 2: 135, fig. 41 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops rosacea Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | (lot 1) North Silver Key,
[Nassau, New Providence], Bahamas. 16 July 1924
(lot 2) West Silver Key, [Nassau, New Providence], Bahamas. 16 July 1924 |
Y | 29475
29472 |
Records, App., 10: 139, pl. 35, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops rubiginosa Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | field east of Methodist Church on Shirley St., Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29464 | Records, App., 10: 147, pl. 43, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops rufula Maynard, 1924 | west side of Kemp's Road near end of St. James St., Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas. 1924 | Y | 29423 | Catalogue, Suppl.: 3 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
| Strophiops salinaria Maynard, 1913 | Salt Key, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29436 | Records, App., 5: 184 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops sampsoni Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | Sampson's Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29454 | Records, App., 10: 121, pl. 4, figs. 1, 10 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops santesoni Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | (lot 1) north shore of New
Providence, west of Nassau, Bahamas
(lot 2) north shore of New Providence, west of Nassau, Bahamas (lot 3) 5.5 miles east of Post Office, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas (lot 4) 4 mi. west of Post Office, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas |
Y | 29507
866 29500 29502 |
Records, App., 10: 139, pl. 36, figs. 3-4, pl. 15, fig. 5 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops stroutii Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | (lot 1)
Strout's Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas
(lot 2) Hawksbills Keys, [Exuma Group], Bahamas |
C | 29458
29449 |
Records, App., 10: 120, pl. 21, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops sula Maynard & Clapp, 1915 [new name for obliterata Maynard, 1913, non Maynard, 1896] | east end of Booby Rock, northeast of New Providence, Bahamas | Y | 29479 | Records, App., 6: 180 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops sylvatica Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Chub Point Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29439 | Records, App., 10: 137, pl. 34, figs. 7-8 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops thayeri Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | east end of Thompson's Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29494 | Records, App., 10: 137, pl. 34, figs. 5-6 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophia thorndikei Maynard, 1894 | cemetery, East Nassau, [New Providence], Bahamas | Y | 29491 | Contributions 2: 116, fig. 34 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops travelii Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Bridegwater Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29515 | Records, App., 10: 135, pl. 32, figs. 3-4 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops uniformis Maynard, 1913 | Little Pimlico, [Eleuthra], Bahamas | Y | 29481 | Records, App., 5: 194 | Cerion eleutherae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
| Strophiops valida Maynard & Clapp, 1920 | near well, west coast of Ship Channel Key, [Exuma Group], Bahamas | Y | 29459 | Records, App., 10: 124, pl. 22, figs. 1-2 | Cerion glans (Küster, 1844) |
| Strophiops variata Maynard & Clapp, 1921 | Crab Key, [Berry Islands], Bahamas | Y | 29513 | Records, App., 10: 134, pl. 32, figs. 1-2 | Cerion eximeum (Maynard, 1894) |
* Y - more or less exactly matches original published type locality; C - worded differently, may be close to type locality or probably referring to same place. In some cases the labels supply additional information on the type localities.
** Following the tradition of Clench (1957), Bull. MCZ 116 (2).