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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pleurotomarioidea: Pleurotomariidae

Perotrochus quoyanus quoyanus (Fischer & Bernardi, 1856)


Range: 21.79°N to 9.5°N; 86.4°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 128 to 549 m (live 134 to 350 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 66  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotomaria quoyana Fischer & Bernardi, 1856
Perotrochus gemma F. M. Bayer, 1966
Perotrochus coltrorum Rios, 2003

Details


Pleurotomaria quoyana Fischer & Bernardi, 1856, p. 165-166, pl. 5, figs. 1-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Marie-Galante
Range: 21.79°N to 9.7°N; 86.4°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 128 to 549 m (live 134 to 350 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 57 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela: Vargas; Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix, Anegada; Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago
References: Dall (1881) E; Dall (1889a) lW; Bayer (1966) NM; Healy & Harasewych (1992) L; Anseeuw & Goto (1996) {S}; Fernández Milera (1998); Anseeuw, Goto & Abdi (2005) S
Comments: The record off Key West by McGinty & McGinty (1957: 44) needs confirmation.

Perotrochus amabilis coltrorum Rios, 2003, p. 1-2, pl. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Golfo de Morrosquilo, Southern Cartagena, Colombia, 300-400 m
Range: 9.5°N ; 76°W
Depth: 400 to 300 m
Maximum Reported Size: 63 mm
Distribution: Colombia
References: Anseeuw, Goto & Abdi (2005) s?

Perotrochus gemma F. M. Bayer, 1966, p. 759-763, figs. 13c, 14-16, 22d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barbados
Range: 13.2°N to 12.3°N; 61.7°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 183 to 210 m
Maximum Reported Size: 66 mm
Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados
References: Bayer (1966) dNE{M}; Anseeuw, Goto & Abdi (2005) M; AMNH DSW


Partial List of References

Bayer, F. M. 1966. New pleurotomariid gastropods from the Western Atlantic, with a summary of the recent species Bulletin of Marine Science 15 737-796. [Stated date: -- Dec 1965; true date: 31 Jan 1966.]
Fischer, [P.] and Bernardi, [A. C.] 1856. Descriptions d'un Pleurotomaire vivant Journal de Conchyliologie 5 160-166, pl. 5. [Stated date: -- Nov 1856.]
Rios, E. C. 2003. Strombus 10  4 pp. [Stated date: 04 Oct 2003.]

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