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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Vokesimurex tryoni (Hidalgo, 1880)


Range: 30°N to 8.15°N; 91.43°W to 58.38°W
Depth: 33 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 50  mm

Synonymy

Murex tryoni Hidalgo, 1880
Haustellum tryoni (Hidalgo, 1880) 
Murex sunderlandi Petuch, 1987

Details


Murex (Tribulus) tryoni Hidalgo in Tryon, 1880, p. 134, pl. 70, fig. 427
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Lesser Antilles
Range: 30°N to 8.15°N; 91.43°W to 58.38°W
Depth: 33 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; Belize, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Montserrat; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados, Guyana, Surinam
References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) dN; Springer & Bullis (1956) W; Bullis (1964) SEM; Petuch (1994) c
Combining Genera:  Haustellum

Murex sunderlandi Petuch, 1987, p. 98, pl. 21, figs. 5-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia
Range: 12°N ; 72°W
Depth: 35 m
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: Colombia
References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s; Petuch (1994) v


Partial List of References

Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]
Tryon, G. W. 1880. Muricinae, Purpurinae Manual of Conchology (1)2 289 pp., 70 pls.

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