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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Ergalataxinae

Trachypollia turricula (Maltzan, 1884)


Range: 34°N to 24°S; 97°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 0 to 525 m (live 30 to 81 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Cantharus turricula Maltzan, 1884
Morula turricula (Maltzan, 1884) 
Trachypollia suga auct. non Fischer-Piette, 1942
Drupa didyma Schwengel, 1943
Morula didyma (Schwengel, 1943) 

Details


Cantharus (Pollia) turricula Maltzan, 1884, p. 67
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Gorée [Senegal], 10-15 m
Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W
Depth: 24 to 81 m (live 52 to 81 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Houart (1991) Ll; Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) dNSEWM; E. H. Vokes (1996) s
Comments: E. H. Vokes (1996) considers T. turricula to be restricted to the offshore islands of Brazil and the Eastern Atlantic with T. didyma being widespread in the Western Atlantic, but the only criterion she gives for distinguishing the species is length/width ratio.
Combining Genera:  Morula

Drupa didyma Schwengel, 1943, p. 76-77, pl. 7, fig. 7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Palm Beach, Florida
Range: 34°N to 24°S; 97°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 0 to 525 m (live 30 to 60 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo
References: Moore (1958a) W; Porter (1974) lN; Altena (1975) {M}; Princz (1982a); Leal (1991b) DLE; E. H. Vokes (1996) SM
Combining Genera:  Morula

Trachypollia suga auct. non Fischer-Piette, 1942, 
[Not available]
References: Leal (1991b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Talavera (1982), who considered the Eastern Atlantic Risomurex suga to be amphi-Atlantic.


Partial List of References

Maltzan, H. F. von. 1884. Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft 16 65-73. [Stated date: -- May 1884.]
Schwengel, J. S. 1943. New marine shells from Florida Nautilus 56 75-78, pl. 7. [Stated date: -- Jan 1943.]

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