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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Eglisia spirata (Sowerby I, 1825)
Not found in the Western Atlantic


Maximum Reported Size: 43  mm

Details


Turritella spirata Sowerby I, 1825, p. xiv
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of St. Thomas
Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm
References: Sowerby I (1825) M
Comments: Reeve (1849) stated this species was from St. Thomas, West Indies, but Sowerby did not state which St. Thomas; presumably Sao Thome, West Africa was intended.


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B. 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville  [v] + 92 + xxxiv. G. B. Sowerby: London.

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