Range: 18°N to 13°N; 72°W to 59.6°W Depth: 61 to 120 m Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Synonymy
Murex elegans Sowerby II, 1841 Murex cailleti auct. non Petit, 1856 Chicoreus perelegans E. H. Vokes, 1965
Details
Chicoreus (Siratus) perelegansE. H. Vokes, 1965, p. 196, [Sowerby II (1841b), pl. 192, fig. 84] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 18°N to 13°N; 72°W to 59.6°W Depth: 61 to 120 m Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm Distribution: Haiti, Martinique, Barbados References: E. H. Vokes (1965) M; Sunderland (1990a) d; Houart (1999) D Comments: E. H. Vokes (1965) designated the specimen figured by Reeve (1845) as the lectotype, but there is not evidence that it was part of the type series.
Murex cailleti auct. non Petit, 1856, [Not available] References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s Comments: Misidentification by Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945, in part).
Murex elegansSowerby II, 1841a, p. 140, [Sowerby II (1841b): pl. 192, fig. 84] [Synonym] Attributed to: Beck Type Locality: Unknown Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm References: Sowerby II (1841a) M Comments: Non Donovan, 1804, nec Wood, 1828.
Partial List of References
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of Murex, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8 137-147. [Stated date: -- --- 1840; true date: -- Jul 1841.] Vokes, E. H. 1965. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic. Part II--Chicoreus sensu stricto and Chicoreus (Siratus) Tulane Studies in Geology 3 181-204. [Stated date: 22 Jun 1965.]