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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum sykesi (Melvill, 1925)


Range: 28.1°N to 9.4°N; 94.2°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 2 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Mitra sykesi Melvill, 1925
Pusia sykesi (Melvill, 1925) 
Pusia moisei McGinty, 1955
Mitra hayesae Usticke, 1959

Details


Mitra (Pusia) sykesi Melvill, 1925, p. 218-219, pl. 10, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 28.1°N to 10°N; 94.2°W to 69°W
Depth: 2 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Curacao
References: Melvill (1925) M; Cernohorsky (1978a) E; Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) {N}; Robinson & Montoya (1987) {W}; García (1996) NW; García (2007b)
Combining Genera:  Pusia

Mitra hayesae Usticke, 1959, p. 75, 77, pl. 4, fig. 8
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) NSEWM; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T

Mitra moisei McGinty, 1955, p. 77-78, pl. 1, figs. 4-4a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Palm Beach, Florida
Range: 26.7°N to 9.4°N; 82.5°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 37 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Panama, Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: McGinty (1955) N{EM}; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Usticke (1959) EM; Sarasúa (1978a) W; Cernohorsky (1978a) s


Partial List of References

McGinty, T. L. 1955. New marine mollusks from Florida Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 107 75-85, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 23 Nov 1955.]
Melvill, J. C. 1925. Descriptions of new species of Mitridae Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16 215-219, pl. 10. [Stated date: -- Jul 1925; true date: pre Aug 18.]
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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