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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Aspella senex Dall, 1903


Range: 34°N to 22°N; 94°W to 76°W
Depth: 2 to 179 m
Maximum Reported Size: 14  mm

Synonymy

Aspella anceps auct. non Lamarck, 1822
Murex hastula auct. non Reeve, 1844
Aspella senex Dall, 1903

Details


Aspella senex Dall, 1903, pl. 60, fig. 14
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene marl of Shell Creek, Florida
Range: 34°N to 22°N; 94°W to 76°W
Depth: 2 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State
References: Lyons (1979) D; E. H. Vokes (1992) NSEW

Aspella anceps auct. non Lamarck, 1822, 
[Not available]
Range: 34°N ; 80°W to 76°W
Depth: 2 to 179 m
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Porter (1974) DdNSEW
Comments: Misidentification; Aspella anceps is Mediterranean (Houart & Vokes 1995).

Murex hastula auct. non Reeve, 1844, 
[Not available]
Range: 33.63°N ; 77.61°W
Depth: 26 m
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; E. H. Vokes (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1889a).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the silex beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part VI. Concluding the work Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 i-xiv + 1219-1654, pls. 48-60. [Stated date: -- Oct 1903.]

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