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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Callogaza watsoni Dall, 1881


Range: 25°N to 3.37°S; 86°W to 37.82°W
Depth: 66 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Margarita filogyra Dall, 1881
Callogaza watsoni Dall, 1881
Gaza watsoni (Dall, 1881) 

Details


Callogaza watsoni Dall, 1881, p. 50, [Dall 1889a, pl. 22, figs. 7-7a; pl. 23, figs. 1-1a; pl. 24, figs. 2-2a]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 12, off Havana
Range: 25°N to 3.37°S; 82.5°W to 37.82°W
Depth: 66 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, South Matanzas; Barbados, Brazil: Ceara
References: Dall (1881) W; Dall (1889a); Quinn (1979) dN{SE}; Simone & Cunha (2006) SE
Comments: The 20 mm size reported by Simone & Cunha (2006) for the holotype is apparently incorrect; Clench & Abbott (1943b) show the holotype as 12.5 mm, matching Dall's measurement.
Combining Genera:  Gaza

Margarita filogyra Dall, 1881, p. 42
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cuba, 200 fms.; Blake sta. 20, 220 fms.; Yucatan Strait, 640 fms.
Range: 23.04°N to 22°N; 86°W to 83.18°W
Depth: 366 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Yucatan Strait, Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Dall (1881) DdNSEWM; Dall (1889a) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]

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