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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Melongenidae

Melongena sprucecreekensis Tucker, 1994


Range: 27.1°N ; 80.9°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 185  mm

Details


Melongena sprucecreekensis Tucker, 1994, p. 197-202, figs. 6a-c
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 7.26 km (4.5 miles) north of New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, where U. S. Route 1 crosses Strickland Bay of the Spruce Creek Estuary
Range: 27.1°N ; 80.9°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 185 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida
References: Tucker (1994) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Tucker, J. K. 1994. The crown conch (Melongena: Melongenidae) in Florida and Alabama with the description of Melongena sprucecreekensis, n. sp Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 36 181-203. [Stated date: 07 Jul 1994; true date: pre 27 July.]

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