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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Bursidae

Bursa ranelloides tenuisculpta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906


Range: 26°N to 31.52°S; 81°W to 49.78°W
Depth: 30 to 250 m
Maximum Reported Size: 75  mm

Synonymy

Bursa tenuisculpta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906
Bursa finlayi McGinty, 1962
Bursa benvegnuae Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978

Details


Bursa tenuisculpta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 26°N to 4°N; 80°W to 76.15°W
Depth: 30 to 250 m
Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Jamaica
References: Zoology Dept. UWI DE
Comments: The nominate subspecies is the Indo-Pacific Bursa ranelloides ranelloides (Reeve, 1844).

Bursa (Colubrinella) benvegnuae Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978, p. 285-286, figs. 25-26
[Synonym]
Type Locality: W. Besnard sta. 444, 31°31'S, 49°46'W, off Mostardos, Rio Grande do Sul
Range: 31.52°S to 31.52°S; 49.78°W
Depth: 194 m
Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul
References: Penna-Neme & Leme (1978) DdNSEWM

Bursa finlayi McGinty, 1962, p. 40-41, fig. 2 [figs. 1-1a are not conspecific]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 215° off Sombrero Key Light, Florida Keys, on Pourtales Plateau
Range: 25°N ; 81°W
Depth: 210 m
Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm
Distribution: Florida Strait (offshore)
References: McGinty (1962) DdNSEWM; Beu (1981) s
Comments: See also natalensis, for paratypes of finlayi.


Partial List of References

McGinty, T. L. 1962. Caribbean marine shells Nautilus 76 39-44, pl. 3. [Stated date: -- Oct 1962.]
Penna-Neme, L. and J. L. M. Leme. 1978. Novas espéces e novas ocorréncias de gastrópodos marinhos na costa Brasiliera (Prosobranchia, Neogastropoda) Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 31 283-297. [Stated date: 22 Aug 1978.]

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