Range: 25°N to 12°N; 80°W to 59.6°W Depth: 46 to 400 m (live 94 to 94 m) Maximum Reported Size: 67 mm
Synonymy
Murex similis Sowerby II, 1841 Murex cailleti Petit, 1856 Chicoreus cailleti (Petit, 1856) Murex kugleri Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
Details
Murex cailletiPetit, 1856a, p. 87-88, pl. 2, figs. 1-2 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Guadeloupe Range: 25°N to 12°N; 80°W to 59.6°W Depth: 46 to 400 m (live 94 m) Maximum Reported Size: 62 mm Distribution: Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Barbados References: Princz (1982a) S; E. H. Vokes (1990b) NW; Sunderland (1990a) {S}EM; Houart (1999) Dd; Houart (2000) Ll Combining Genera: Chicoreus
Murex (Murex) cailleti var. kugleriClench & Pérez Farfante, 1945, p. 19, pl. 9, figs. 1-2 [Sowerby II (1841b), pl. 189, figs. 69-70] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown [Banes, Oriente Province, Cuba (selected by Clench & Pérez Farfante 1945)] Range: 25°N to 18°N; 80°W to 65°W Depth: 46 to 329 m Maximum Reported Size: 67 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Cuba: North Ciego de Avila, Holguin; Dominican Republic; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s; Sunderland (1990a) M
Murex similisSowerby II, 1841a, p. 140, [Sowerby II (1841b): pl. 189, figs. 69-70] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Maximum Reported Size: 48 mm References: Sowerby II (1841a) M; E. H. Vokes (1990b) s Comments: Non Schröter, 1805.
Partial List of References
Clench, W. J. and I. Pérez Farfante. 1945. The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(17) 1-58. [Stated date: 29 May 1945.] Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1856. Description de coquilles nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 87-92, pl. 2. [Stated date: -- Jul 1856.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of Murex, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8 137-147. [Stated date: -- --- 1840; true date: -- Jul 1841.]
