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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Risomurex roseus (Reeve, 1846)


Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 83.07°W to 61.4°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Ricinula rosea Reeve, 1846
Ocenebra roseus (Reeve, 1846) 
Risomurex rutilus auct. non Reeve, 1856

Details


Ricinula rosea Reeve, 1846e, pl. 6, fig. 46
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Masbate [Philippines, corrected to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands by Kemperman & Coomans (1984)]
Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 83.07°W to 61.4°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Camaguey; Jamaica, Dominican Republic; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines, Grenada
References: Houbrick (1968) W; Princz (1982a); Cubit & Williams (1983) S; Sarasúa & Espinosa (1984); Kemperman & Coomans (1984) T; Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) {E}M; Fallon (2008) dE
Combining Genera:  Ocenebra

Risomurex rutilus auct. non Reeve, 1856, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Comments: Misidentification by Vokes & Vokes (1983).


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Ricinula Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 1-6

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