Buccinum patulumLinnaeus, 1758, p. 739, [Gualt. t. 51, f. D, E, A; Argen. t. 20, f. H] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: America Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 94°W to 59.6°W Depth: 0 to 2 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Veracruz, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo, Vargas, Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, San Salvador (Watling Is.), Long Island, Cay Sal, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Navassa Island, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Tortola, Virgin Gorda; Barbuda, Antigua, Dominica, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad References: Clench (1947) NWE; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Voss & Voss (1960) l; Hemmen & Hemmen (1979) D; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Kool (1986); Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001) Comments: 27°N in Florida; Maury's (1922) record from Texas needs confirmation. Combining Genera: Purpura Purpurella
Purpura antiquorum Vernus, 1892, [Synonym] References: Petit (2007) s
Haustrum tuberculatumG. Perry, 1811a, pl. 44, fig. 4 [Synonym] Type Locality: South Seas [in error] References: Deshayes (1844) s; Clench (1947) s; Petit (2003)
Partial List of References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. Perry, G. 1811. Conchology iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
