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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Opalia burryi Clench & Turner, 1950


Range: 34.5°N to 11.3°N; 80.1°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 30 to 168 m (live 30 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.2  mm

Details


Opalia (Dentiscala) burryi Clench & Turner, 1950b, p. 235, pl. 102, fig. 1-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 4.5 miles off Carysfort Light, Key Largo, Florida, 92-100 fathoms
Range: 34.5°N to 11.3°N; 80.1°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 30 to 168 m (live 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.2 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Colombia; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Clench & Turner (1950b) DWM; Usticke (1959) E; Porter (1974) N; Díaz, Escobar & Velásquez (1990) S{E}


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1950. The genera Sthenorytis, Cirsotrema, Acirsa, Opalia and Amaea in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 2 221-246. [Stated date: 30 Sep 1950.]

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