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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Murexsul oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938)


Range: 28.58°N to 9.4°N; 97.22°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 1 to 64 m (live 1.5 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816
Muricidea hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816) 
Muricopsis hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816) 
Murex oxytatus M. Smith, 1938
Muricopsis oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938) 
Muricopsis lyonsi Petuch, 1986

Details


Murex hexagonus oxytata M. Smith, 1938, p. 89, [M. Smith 1937, pl. 6, fig. 6]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene, Clewiston, Florida
Range: 28.58°N to 9.4°N; 97.22°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 1 to 64 m (live 1.5 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Bahamas: Cay Sal; Turks and Caicos, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. John, St. Croix
References: Work (1969) E; Hopkins et al. (1977) NWL; E. H. Vokes (1994) d; Houart (2006b) c
Comments: Described as a fossil.
Combining Genera:  Muricopsis

Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 169], pl. 418, figs. 4a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Unknown (Lamarck 1822b)]
Range: 26.7°N to 9.4°N; 82.3°W to 66°W
Depth: 2 to 47 m
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Puerto Rico
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Dall & Simpson (1901) SE; M. Smith (1941) DdN; Olsson & McGinty (1958) SW; Abbott (1958) s
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791.
Combining Genera:  Muricidea Muricopsis

Muricopsis lyonsi Petuch, 1986, 
[Synonym]
References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.
Smith, M. 1938. Further notes upon Tertiary and Recent mollusks from Florida together with descriptions of new species [concluded] Nautilus 51 88-91. [Stated date: -- Jan 1938.]

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