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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Astyris pura A. E. Verrill, 1882


Range: 39.88°N to 28°N; 80°W to 70.6°W
Depth: 27 to 2295 m (live 27 to 890 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3  mm

Synonymy

Astyris pura A. E. Verrill, 1882
Mitrella pura (A. E. Verrill, 1882) 
Amphissa pura (A. E. Verrill, 1882) 

Details


Astyris pura A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 515, [Bush 1893, pl. 1, fig. 13]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [USFC sta. 894, by type designation of Johnson (1989)]
Range: 39.88°N to 28°N; 80°W to 70.6°W
Depth: 27 to 2295 m (live 27 to 890 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida
References: Verrill (1882a) LN; Clarke (1962) D; Porter (1974) dl; Rex & Warén (1982) E
Combining Genera:  Amphissa Mitrella


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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