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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Colubrariidae

Colubraria testacea (Mörch, 1854)


Range: 34°N to 20.53°S; 94°W to 15°W
Depth: 2.5 to 780 m (live 2.5 to 52 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 49  mm

Synonymy

Triton obscurus auct. non Reeve, 1844
Triton testacea (Mörch, 1854) 
Epidromus testaceus Mörch, 1854

Details


Epidromus testaceus Mörch, 1854, p. 13
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Antilles (Mörch 1852)]
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 79.8°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 51 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40.2 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Bermuda, Cuba: Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Bahia
References: Radwin (1969) W; Waller (1973) D; Fittkau & Parth (1993) SEM
Comments: Nude name in Mörch (1852:107), reference to 'Bon. 3 t. 48' is invalidated by the query.
Combining Genera:  Triton

Triton obscurus auct. non Reeve, 1844, 
[Not available]
Range: 34°N to 20.53°S; 94°W to 15°W
Depth: 2.5 to 780 m (live 2.5 to 52 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 49 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Honduras; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Alagoas, Bahia, Trindade Island
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961); Porter (1974) N; Leal (1991b) DLSE; Odé (1983b) WM; Fernández Milera (1998); Monsecour & Monsecour (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification by Tryon (1881); C. obscura is Indo-Pacific (Malacolog 2.0).


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1854. Fortegnelse over Prof. R. af D. C. F. L. Hencks efterladte Conchyliesamling  [ii] + 34 pp. Kjo/benhavn.

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