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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Melongenidae

Busycon candelabrum (Lamarck, 1816)


Range: 28.12°N to 23°N; 97°W to 91°W
Depth: 0 to 64 m
Maximum Reported Size: 232  mm

Details


Pyrula candelabrum Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 139], pl. 437, fig. 3; pl. 438, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [unknown (Lamarck 1822b)]
Range: 28.12°N to 23°N; 97°W to 91°W
Depth: 0 to 64 m
Maximum Reported Size: 232 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank
References: Hollister (1958) M; Odé & Speers (1972h) dW; ANSP N


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.

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