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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum wandoense (Holmes, 1859)


Range: 35.14°N to 13°S; 88.5°W to 39°W
Depth: 11 to 805 m (live 11 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8.8  mm

Synonymy

Pyramidella reticulata auct. non Emmons, 1858
Mitra wandoense (Holmes, 1859) 
Uromitra wandoense (Holmes, 1859) 
Volutomitra wandoensis Holmes, 1859
Mitra rushii Dall, 1887

Details


Volutomitra wandoensis Holmes, 1859, p. 77, pl. 12, figs. 10-10a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Post-Pleiocene marl of Wando River, South Carolina
Range: 35°N to 13°S; 88.5°W to 39°W
Depth: 11 to 805 m (live 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Brazil: Bahia
References: Dall (1927b) D; Lyons (1989b) lM
Comments: Described as a fossil.
Combining Genera:  Mitra Uromitra

Pyramidella reticulata auct. non Emmons, 1858, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification; Dall (1890) synonymized reticulata with wandoense, but Campbell (1993) regards them as distinct species.

Mitra rushii Dall, 1887b, p. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [USFC sta. 2372, between Mississippi Delta and Cedar Keys, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, 27 fms., by inference of holotype by Cernohorsky (1978)]
Range: 35.14°N to 23°N; 85.49°W to 75.09°W
Depth: 26 to 146 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.8 mm
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Dall (1927b) s

Vexillum wandonense sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for wandoense by Vokes & Vokes (1983).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1887. Correspondence Conchologists' Exchange 2 9-10. [Stated date: -- Jul 1887.]
Holmes, F. S. 1859. Post-Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina  65-98, pls. 11-14. Russell & Jones: Charleston, South Carolina.

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