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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Astyris raveneli (Dall, 1889)


Range: 34.64°N to 21.5°N; 91°W to 75.56°W
Depth: 9 to 227 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5  mm

Synonymy

Columbella nivea Ravenel, 1861
Columbella raveneli Dall, 1889
Mitrella raveneli (Dall, 1889) 

Details


Columbella (Astyris) raveneli Dall, 1889a, p. 190
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [off Charleston bar, South Carolina]
Range: 34.64°N to 21.5°N; 91°W to 75.56°W
Depth: 9 to 227 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo
References: Dall (1889a) DNE; Ekdale (1974) S
Combining Genera:  Mitrella

Columbella nivea Ravenel, 1861, p. 43
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: off Charleston bar, South Carolina, in fish stomach
Range: 32.7°N ; 79.9°W
Distribution: USA: South Carolina
References: Ravenel (1861) NSEW
Comments: Non Sowerby, 1844.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Ravenel, E. 1861. Descriptions of new Recent shells from the coast of South Carolina Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13 41-44. [Stated date: -- Feb 1861; true date: pre Mar 31.]

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