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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutomitridae

Microvoluta blakeana (Dall, 1889)


Range: 23.15°N to 22°N; 85°W to 82.35°W
Depth: 146 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Mitra blakeana Dall, 1889
Mitra laevior Dall, 1889

Details


Mitra (Conomitra) blakeana Dall, 1889a, p. 163-164
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Yucatan Strait
Range: 22°N ; 85°W
Depth: 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Yucatan Strait
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW

Mitra (Conomitra) blakeana var. laevior Dall, 1889a, p. 164, pl. 35, fig. 10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 57, 177 fms.; sta. 62, off Havana, 80 fms.; off Cape San Antonio, 300 fms.
Range: 23.15°N to 22°N; 85°W to 82.35°W
Depth: 146 to 549 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9.8 mm
Distribution: Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW


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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