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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Turbinellidae

Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)


Range: 26.2°N to 9.4°N; 90.5°W to 64.6°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 0.3 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 125  mm

Synonymy

Turbinella capitellum auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Voluta muricata Born, 1778
Turbinella muricatum (Born, 1778) 
Vasum urna Röding, 1798
Volutella divergens G. Perry, 1810
Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822

Details


Voluta muricata Born, 1778, p. 222-223, [Martini, 1777, pl. 99, fig. 949-950]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 26.2°N to 9.4°N; 90.5°W to 64.6°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 0.3 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 125 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela; Cuba: Cienfuegos, South Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix
References: Perry et al. (1938) N; Abbott (1950b) SW; Usticke (1959) E; Britton (1975) d; Princz (1978b); Díaz et al. (1990) DL; Fernández Milera (1998)
Combining Genera:  Turbinella

Turbinella capitellum auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
References: Lamarck (1822b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Lamarck (1816, pl. 431 bis*, fig. 3).

Volutella divergens G. Perry, 1810, p. sign. B, p. [2], pl. [3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Indian Ocean
References: Abbott (1959) s; Petit (2003) s

Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822b, p. 104-105, [Lamarck 1816, pl. 431 bis*, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: l'Océan des Antilles
Maximum Reported Size: 96 mm
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Abbott (1950b) s

Vasum urna Röding, 1798, p. 56, [Martini 1777, pl. 99, fig. 949-950; Knorr 6, pl. 35, fig. I]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Abbott (1950b) s


Partial List of References

Born, I. 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I. Testacea  [xlii] + 458 + [82] pp., 1 pl. Offficina Krausiana: Wien.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertčbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertčbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]
Perry, G. 1810. Arcana  [184] pp., [48] pls.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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