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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Vanikoroidea: Hipponicidae

Hipponix benthophila (Dall, 1889)


Range: 25°N to 24°S; 81°W to 48°W
Depth: 91 to 682 m (live 320 to 320 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Details


Amalthea benthophila Dall, 1889a, p. 289, pl. 14, figs. 1a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Sand Key, 50 fms.; USFC sta. 146, 150, 167, 206, 223
Range: 25°N to 24°S; 81°W to 48°W
Depth: 91 to 682 m (live 320 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; St. Kitts/St. Christopher, Nevis, Guadeloupe, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Dall (1889a) DdlNEW; Bandel & Reidel (1994) c


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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