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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Cochlespirinae

Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872)


Range: 35°N to 13°S; 95°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 165 m (live 15 to 55 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23  mm

Synonymy

Drillia ostrearum Stearns, 1872
Clathrodrillia ostrearum (Stearns, 1872) 
Crassispira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872) 

Details


Drillia ostrearum Stearns, 1872, p. 22
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pine Key, Tampa Bay, west Florida
Range: 35°N to 13°S; 95°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 165 m (live 15 to 55 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba, Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Princz (1982a); Odé (1991c) LlW; Williams (2005) M
Combining Genera:  Clathrodrillia Crassispira


Partial List of References

Stearns, R. E. C. 1872. Descriptions of new species of marine mollusks from the coast of Florida Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 15 21-24. [Stated date: -- Aug 1872.]

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