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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae

Conus perryae Clench, 1942


Range: 26.5°N ; 82°W
Depth: 11 to 11 m (live 11 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Conus melvilli auct. non Sowerby, 1879
Conus perryae Clench, 1942
Dendroconus perryae (Clench, 1942) 

Details


Conus perryae Clench, 1942b, p. 31-32, pl. 15, fig. 5
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 6 miles off Sanibel Island (3 miles off Little Carlos Pass, Lee Co.), Florida, 6 fathoms
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955); Moolenbeek & Coomans (1982)
Combining Genera:  Dendroconus

Conus melvilli auct. non Sowerby, 1879, 
[Not available]
Range: 26.5°N ; 82°W
Depth: 11 m (live 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: L. Perry (1939) DdLlNSEWM; Clench (1942b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Perry (1939); C. melvilli is from Oman fide Kohn (1992), although the type locality was Key West.


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. 1942. The Genus Conus in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(6) 1-40. [Stated date: 05 Dec 1942.]

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