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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Rapaninae

Habromorula biconica (Blainville, 1832)
Not found in the Western Atlantic


Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Purpura biconica Blainville, 1832
Morula biconica (Blainville, 1832) 
Engina slootsi Jong & Coomans, 1988

Details


Purpura biconica Blainville, 1832,
[Basis of the current name]
Combining Genera:  Morula

Engina slootsi Jong & Coomans, 1988, p. 83, pl. 4, fig. 450a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Aruba, north coast
Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NSEWM; Houart (1994) s; Faber (2007e) s
Comments: A mislocalized specimen of the Indo-Pacific Habromorula biconica (Blainville, 1832).


Partial List of References

Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.

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