Range: 34°N to 11°S; 83°W to 37°W Depth: 0 to 100 m (live 7 to 40 m) Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Synonymy
Murex bufo Bruguière, 1792 Buffo spadiceus Montfort, 1810 Ranella granulata Lamarck, 1816 Ranella crassa (Dillwyn, 1817) Murex crassus Dillwyn, 1817 Bursa nana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 Bursa bowdenensis Pilsbry, 1922 Bursa proavus Pilsbry, 1922 Bursa colombiana Weisbord, 1929
Details
Murex bufoBruguière, 1792b, p. 126 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Cayenne Range: 34°N to 11°S; 83°W to 37°W Depth: 4 to 100 m (live 7 to 40 m) Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre, Isla Margarita; Cuba: North Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; French Guiana, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Sergipe References: Porter (1974) d; Cosel (1986) dLl; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); García collection W
Bursa crassa bowdenensisPilsbry, 1922b, p. 360, [Pilsbry 1922c, pl. 29, fig. 8] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Tertiary of Santo Domingo Maximum Reported Size: 48.7 mm References: Pilsbry (1922c: 431) M; Robinson (1991) s Comments: Described as a fossil.
Bursa crassa colombianaWeisbord, 1929, p. 41-42, pl. 8, figs. 1-2 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Near Tubera; near Cedral; Morro Hermoso, Dept. Atlantico, Colombia Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm References: Cosel (1986) s
Murex crassusDillwyn, 1817, p. 692, [Favanne pl. 32, fig. B4; etc.] [Synonym] Attributed to: Humphreys Type Locality: Madagascar [in error] Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm References: Dillwyn (1817) M Combining Genera: Ranella
Ranella granulataLamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 152-153], pl. 412, figs. 4a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated [l'Ocean indien (Lamarck 1822b), in error] Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm References: Lamarck (1822b) M
Bursa nana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829, [Not available] References: Robinson (1991) s Comments: Misidentification by Gabb (1881).
Bursa crassa proavusPilsbry, 1922b, p. 360, [Pilsbry 1922c, pl. 29, figs. 4-5] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Tertiary of Santo Domingo Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm References: Pilsbry (1922b) M; Robinson (1991) s Comments: Described as a fossil.
Buffo spadiceusMontfort, 1810, p. 575-576, text-fig. (genus 144) [Synonym] Type Locality: parages de Botany-Bay, Nouvelle-Hollande; mers de Indes Range: 26.6°N to 6°N; 79.9°W to 54°W Depth: 0 to 100 m Distribution: Panama, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Surinam References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) W; Warmke & Abbott (1961); McGinty (1962) N; Altena (1975) DdSE; Díaz & Puyana (1994) D Comments: Odé's (1973c) record from Texas is not confirmed by Odé (1982a).
Partial List of References
Bruguière, J.-G. 1792. Catalogue des coquilles envoyées de Cayenne, a la Société d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, par M. le Blond Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1 126. Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill. Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris. Montfort, D. 1810. Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique de coquilles Conchyliologie Systématique 2 [iii] + 676 pp. F. Schoell: Paris. Pilsbry, H. A. 1922. Revision of W. M. Gabb's Tertiary Mollusca of Santo Domingo [cont.] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 73 353-416. [True date: 18 Jan 1922.] Weisbord, N. E. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(54) 233-310, pls. 36-44. [Stated date: 08 Jan 1929.]
