Turbo muricatusLinnaeus, 1758, p. 761, [Gualt. pl. 45, fig. E] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: in Europa australi Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 59.6°W Depth: -9 to 0 m (live -9 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla la Blanquilla, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad References: Dautzenberg (1900); Clench & Abbott (1942) NE; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004) Comments: 27°N in Florida (Clench & Abbott 1942). Combining Genera: Littorina Tectarium Tectarius
Partial List of References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
