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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum trophonium (Dall, 1889)


Range: 25°N to 14°S; 80°W to 39°W
Depth: 27 to 311 m
Maximum Reported Size: 19.3  mm

Details


Mitra (Costellaria ?) trophonia Dall, 1889a, p. 161, [Cernohorsky 1978, fig. 13-14]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 132, off Frederickstadt, Santa Cruz, 115 fms.; Sta. 247 off Grenada, 170 fms. [Sta. 247 corresponds to the holotype (Cernohorsky 1978)]
Range: 25°N to 14°S; 80°W to 39°W
Depth: 27 to 311 m
Maximum Reported Size: 19.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: unlocalized; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Amapa, Bahia
References: Dall (1889a) D; Cernohorsky (1978a) dNSEWM


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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