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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Coralliophilinae

Coralliophila richardi (P. Fischer, 1882)


Range: 31.15°N to 24.25°N; 83°W to 0°W
Depth: 110 to 1004 m (live 558 to 558 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 21  mm

Synonymy

Murex richardi P. Fischer, 1882
Pseudomurex richardi (P. Fischer, 1882) 
Emozamia richardi (P. Fischer, 1882) 
Coralliophila lactuca Dall, 1889

Details


Murex richardi P. Fischer, 1882,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 31°N to 25°N; 83°W to 0°W
Depth: 110 to 1004 m (live 558 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) dW; Sunderland (1989c) M
Combining Genera:  Emozamia Pseudomurex

Coralliophila lactuca Dall, 1889a, p. 220, pl. 16, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 5, off Cuba, 152-229 fms.; USFC sta. 2669, off Fernandina, 352 fms.
Range: 31.15°N to 24.25°N; 82.22°W to 79.18°W
Depth: 351 to 1004 m (live 567 to 549 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, Florida: East Florida; USA: South of Marquesas Key, Florida; Bahamas: Little Bahama Bank
References: Dall (1889a) NSW; Bayer (1971) dlE; Kaicher (1985a) T; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Contrary to the statement in Malacolog 3.2.4, Kaicher (1985a: 4091) did not select a lectotype by inferring a holotype; Dall cited several localities, so he had more than one specimen (ICZN Article 74.6).


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.]

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