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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum pulchellum (Reeve, 1844)


Range: 27.82°N to 20.7°S; 91°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 21 to 94 m
Maximum Reported Size: 21  mm

Synonymy

Mitra pulchella Reeve, 1844
Pusia pulchellum (Reeve, 1844) 

Details


Mitra pulchella Reeve, 1844d, pl. 19, fig. 142
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Barbadoes, West Indies
Range: 27.82°N to 20.7°S; 91°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 21 to 94 m
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Costa Rica, Jamaica, Barbados, Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Cernohorsky (1978a) T; Leal (1991b) DSE; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) {W}; García (2000) NW; ANSP d
Comments: See also pulchellum auct. = albicostata and variatum.
Combining Genera:  Pusia


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-27

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