Range: 23.23°N to 35°S; 82.42°W to 44°W Depth: 11 to 1472 m (live 210 to 210 m) Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Synonymy
Nassa coppingeri auct. non E. A. Smith, 1881 Nassa scissurata Dall, 1889
Details
Nassa scissurataDall, 1889a, p. 185-186, [Dall 1890a, pl. 5, fig. 2] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Blake sta. 2, 132, 206, 220 and 272 Range: 23.23°N to 35°S; 82.42°W to 56°W Depth: 30 to 1472 m (live 210 m) Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm Distribution: Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Uruguay References: Dall (1889a) DLl; Díaz & Puyana (1994) W Comments: Contrary to the statement in Malacolog 3.2.4, Kaicher (1982a: 3207) did not select a lectotype by inferring a holotype; Dall cited several localities, so he had more than one specimen (ICZN Article 74.6).
Nassa coppingeri auct. non E. A. Smith, 1881, [Not available] Range: 11.4°N to 33.5°S; 64.2°W to 44°W Depth: 11 to 60 m Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul References: Cernohorsky (1975a) s; Rios (1985) s; Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdNW Comments: Misidentification by Forti (1969) and Rios (1970, 1975); N. coppingeri is Eastern Pacific and Patagonian (see Cernohorsky 1975a).
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.]
