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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Colus stimpsoni (Mörch, 1868)


Range: 56°N to 0°N; 75.24°W to 50°W
Depth: 2 to 1103 m (live 16 to 1103 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 130  mm

Synonymy

Fusus corneus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Fusus striatus Reeve, 1847
Fusus curtus Jeffreys, 1867
Neptunea curtus (Jeffreys, 1867) 
Chrysodomus stimpsoni (Mörch, 1868) 
Sipho stimpsoni (Mörch, 1868) 
Fusus stimpsoni Mörch, 1868
Fusus americanus Bell, 1870
Neptunea arata A. E. Verrill, 1880
Fusus solidulus Sowerby II, 1880
Sipho brevis A. E. Verrill, 1882
Sipho liratulus A. E. Verrill, 1882
Neptunea tenuistriata Harmer, 1918

Details


Fusus stimpsoni Mörch, 1868,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 56°N to 34.5°N; 75.24°W to 56°W
Depth: 2 to 1103 m (live 16 to 1103 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 130 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina
References: Bush (1893) WDL; Procter (1933) l; Bousfield (1964) E; Porter (1974) S
Combining Genera:  Chrysodomus Sipho

Fusus americanus Bell, 1870, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Neptunea (Sipho) arata A. E. Verrill, 1880c, p. 370, [Johnson 1989, pl. 12, fig. 1]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Verrill & Smith
Type Locality: Off Newport, Rhode Island [by lectotype designation of Johnson 1989]
Range: 40.09°N to 39.81°N; 71°W to 70.38°W
Depth: 155 to 680 m
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
References: Verrill (1880) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s; R. I. Johnson (1989) T
Comments: Non Gould, 1860, replaced by Sipho liratulus.

Sipho stimpsonii var. brevis A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 500
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 978, off Chatham, Cape Cod [Massachusetts], 17 fathoms
Range: 42.6°N to 42°N; 70.5°W to 70°W
Depth: 31 m
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: A. E. Verrill (1882a) DdSEM; Clarke (1954a) NW

Fusus corneus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
References: A. E. Verrill (1873b) s (of Neptunea curta)
Comments: Misidentification.

Fusus curtus Jeffreys, 1867a, p. 336
[Synonym]
Type Locality: North America
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Non Fleming, 1828.
Combining Genera:  Neptunea

Sipho stimpsonii var. lirulatus A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 500, [Johnson 1989, pl. 12, fig. 1]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Newport, Rhode Island [by lectotype designation of Johnson 1989]
Range: 40.02°N ; 70.97°W
Depth: 236 to 335 m (live 236 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
References: A. E. Verrill (1882a) D; Bush (1893) dLlNSEW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Fusus solidulus Sowerby II, 1880b, p. 93, pl. 413, fig. 97
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Northern Seas
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Fusus striatus Reeve, 1847c,  pl. 11, fig. 42a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 50°W
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland Banks
References: Verkrüzen (1881b) EW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Non Sowerby, 1828.

Neptunea tenuistriata Harmer, 1918, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s


Partial List of References

Jeffreys, J. G. 1867. British conchology British Conchology 4 [ii] + 486 pp., frontispiece, 8 pls. John Van Voorst: London.
Reeve, L. 1847. Monograph of the genus Fusus Conchologia Iconica 4 pls. 1-14
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1880. Monograph of the genus Fusus Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 69-97, pls. 406-417, 417 bis
Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of recent additions to the marine Invertebrata, of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3 356-405.
Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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