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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Vanikoroidea: Hipponicidae

Cheilea striata Usticke, 1959


Range: 17.8°N to 17.7°N; 64.9°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Details


Cheilea equestris striata Usticke, 1959, p. 47, pl. 2, fig. 19
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Judith's Fancy, St. Croix [locality of holotype given by Boyko & Cordeiro 2001)]
Range: 17.8°N to 17.7°N; 64.9°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) NSEWM; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T; Redfern (2001) v
Comments: Redfern (2001) illustrated the protoconch, showing it to have fewer whorls than that of C. equestris.


Partial List of References

Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix  vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]

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