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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Fusininae

Fusinus benthalis (Dall, 1889)


Range: 25°N to 24.25°N; 85°W to 81°W
Depth: 99 to 1832 m (live 1832 to 1832 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Fusus benthalis Dall, 1889
Harasewychia benthalis (Dall, 1889) 

Details


Fusus benthalis Dall, 1889a, p. 168-169, pl. 15, fig. 10
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape San Antonio, Cuba, 1002 fms. [by lectotype designation of Hadorn & Rogers (2000)]
Range: 25°N to 24.25°N; 85°W to 81°W
Depth: 99 to 1832 m (live 1832 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; USA: South of Marquesas Key, Florida; Cuba: Pinar del Rio
References: Dall (1889a) DdLlSEW; Hadorn & Rogers (2000) TM
Comments: 27 m depth reported by Hadorn & Rogers (2000) is based on USNM 87061, 27-235 m.
Combining Genera:  Harasewychia


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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