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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 32.3°N to 29°S; 97.28°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 63 m (live 0 to 63 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 48  mm

Synonymy

Fusus pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Murex pusio Linnaeus, 1758
Tritonium accincta (Born, 1778) 
Murex accinctus Born, 1778
Buccinum plumatum Gmelin, 1791
Buccinum fasciatum G. Fischer, 1807
Fusus articulatus Lamarck, 1822
Buccinum aethiops Philippi, 1849
Buccinum janeirense Philippi, 1849
Pisania pennata Mörch, 1852

Details


Murex pusio Linnaeus, 1758, p. 754, [Bonan. 3, t. 40; Gualt. t. 52, f. I]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo
Range: 32.3°N to 29°S; 97.28°W to 14.4°W
Depth: 0 to 63 m (live 0 to 63 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 48 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks; Mexico: Veracruz, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Brazil: Para, Pernambuco, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Ascension Island
References: E. A. Smith (1890b) E; Moore (1958b) W; Usticke (1959) M; Warmke & Abbott (1961); Leal (1991b) L; Denadai & Amaral (1999); Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Comments: 26°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Fusus

Murex accinctus Born, 1778, p. 317-318, [Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 127, fig. 1218-1219]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Abbott (1958) s
Combining Genera:  Tritonium

Buccinum aethiops Philippi, 1849d, p. 134
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Comments: Non Reeve, 1847.

Fusus articulatus Lamarck, 1822b, p. 132, [Lamarck 1816, pl. 426, figs. 1a-b]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Abbott (1958) s

Buccinum fasciatum G. Fischer, 1807, p. 177, [Ivanov et al. 1993, pl. 3, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaiques et de l'Ascension [Jamaica by lectotype designation of Ivanov et al. (1993)]
Maximum Reported Size: 35.7 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Abbott (1958) s; Ivanov & Cantor (1991) M; Ivanov et al. (1993) T

Buccinum janeirense Philippi, 1849d, p. 134
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Rio Janeiro
Range: 23°S to 23°S
Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Philippi (1849d) M

Pisania pennatum Mörch, 1852, p. 93, Not figured
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1780)
Type Locality: Unknown
Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Krebs (1864); Arango (1880)
Comments: Mörch (1852) used this as the valid name for Buccinum plumatum Gmelin, 1791, of which it is therefore an objective synonym.

Buccinum plumatum Gmelin, 1791, p. 3494, [Lister, pl. 822 b, fig. 41]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: in insulis Americae australi
References: Abbott (1958) 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.
Fischer, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff Museum Demidoff 3 [iv] + ix + 330 pp., 6 pls. Université imperiale: Moscou. [True date: post 30 Dec.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus Primus  [vi] + 170 pp. Hafniae. [Stated date: -- --- 1852; true date: pre 1 Oct.]
Philippi, R. A. 1849. Centuria altera testaceorum novorum (contin.) Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5 129-150. [Stated date: -- Mar 1849.]

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