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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Muricopsis warreni Petuch, 1993


Range: 18.5°N to 10.7°N; 78°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 1 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 24  mm

Synonymy

Murex praepauxillus auct. non Maury, 1917
Muricopsis warreni Petuch, 1993

Details


Muricopsis warreni Petuch, 1993a, p. 55, figs. 8-9
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Range: 18.5°N to 12°N; 78°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 1 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: Jamaica; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: Petuch (1993a) DNW; Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) {d}M; E. H. Vokes (1994) dSE

Murex praepauxillus auct. non Maury, 1917, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 12°N to 10.7°N; 69°W to 64.3°W
Depth: 21 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NW; E. H. Vokes (1994) s; Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdSEM
Comments: Misidentification by E. H. Vokes (1984) and Jong & Coomans (1988).


Partial List of References

Petuch, E. J. 1993. Molluscan discoveries from the tropical western Atlantic region. New mollusks from the Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas platform, Caribbean Basin, and Brazil La Conchiglia 24(266) 51-56. [Stated date: -- Mar 1993.]

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