Range: 29.7°N to 24.6°N; 83°W to 80°W Depth: 0 to 0.6 m (live 0 to 0.6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm
Synonymy
Fusus bicolor Say, 1826 Hemifusus minor Sowerby III, 1879 Hemifusus estephomenos Melvill, 1881 Melongena altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
Details
Fusus bicolorSay, 1826, p. 215 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Southern Coast of East Florida [Key West, Florida (Clench & Turner 1956)] Range: 25.5°N to 24.6°N; 83°W to 80.2°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 49 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas References: Clench & Turner (1956) DdLlNSEWMT; Tucker (1994) v
Melongena altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934, [Synonym] Range: 29.7°N to 25.1°N; 81.3°W to 80°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida References: Clench & Turner (1956) DdNSEWM; Tucker (1994) s
Hemifusus corona ß estephomenosMelvill, 1881, p. 157, [Sowerby III 1879, pl. 48, fig. 13] [Synonym] Type Locality: Key West, Florida Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W Depth: 0.6 m (live 0.6 m) Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys References: Melvill (1881) Ll; Clench & Turner (1956) s
Hemifusus corona var. minorSowerby III, 1879, p. 796, 798, pl. 48, fig. 13 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated [Key West, Florida (Melvill 1881)] Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys References: Clench & Turner (1956) s
Partial List of References
Melvill, J. C. 1881. List of Mollusca obtained in South Carolina and Florida (principally at the island of Key West[)] in 1871-1872 Journal of Conchology 3 155-172. [Stated date: -- Apr 1881.] Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.] Sowerby, G. B., III. 1879. Descriptions of ten new species of shells Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 795-798, pl. 48. [Stated date: 05 Nov 1878; true date: -- Apr 1879.]
