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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Ocenebrinae

Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890


Range: 30.5°N to 21.4°N; 87°W to 76.8°W
Depth: 0 to 26 m (live 0 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Ranella clathrata auct. non Gray, 1839
Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890
Eupleura longior Petuch, 1994

Details


Eupleura caudata var. sulcidentata Dall, 1890c, p. 144-145, [Dall 1891b, pl. 5, fig. 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Recent, Gulf coast of Florida, shores of Cuba; Post-Pliocene of SW Florida
Range: 30.5°N to 21.4°N; 87°W to 76.8°W
Depth: 0 to 26 m (live 0 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Matanzas, Villa Clara, North Las Tunas
References: Dall (1891b) M; Sarasúa (1970) SE; Lyons (1977a) DdLlNW

Ranella clathrata auct. non Gray, 1839, 
[Not available]
Range: 29°N ; 83°W
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Calkins (1878) NSEW; Dall (1890) s
Comments: Misidentification by Calkins (1878).

Eupleura sulcidentata longior Petuch, 1994, p. 282, pl. 45, fig. i
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Bermont fauna, from North New River Canal dredging, 12 miles south of South Bay, Palm Beach County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
References: Petuch (1994) M


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1890. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 1-200, pls. 1-12. [Stated date: -- Aug 1890.]
Petuch, E. J. 1994. Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells  xii + 394 pp., 100 pls. Chicago Spectrum Press: Evanston, Illinois. [Stated date: -- --- 1994; true date: pre Nov.]

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