Range: 34°N to 20.5°S; 97.22°W to 25°W Depth: 0 to 116 m (live 1 to 23 m) Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Synonymy
Murex plicatus auct. non Wood, 1818 Coralliophila brevis auct. non Blainville, 1832 Coralliophila caribaea Abbott, 1958 Ringicula cruzensis Usticke, 1969
Details
Coralliophila caribaeaAbbott, 1958, p. 66-67, pl. 1, figs. 1g-h, text-fig. 3 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Veracruz, Mexico Range: 34°N to 20.5°S; 97.22°W to 25°W Depth: 0 to 116 m (live 1 to 23 m) Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Veracruz, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia, Trindade Island References: Sarasúa (1970); Porter (1974) ND; Hopkins et al. (1977) LW; Sunderland (1989c) M; Leal (1991b) dlSE; Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Coralliophila brevis auct. non Blainville, 1832, [Not available] References: Abbott (1958) s Comments: Misidentification.
Ringicula cruzensisUsticke, 1969, p. 30, pl. 6, fig. 1247 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Croix (Santa Cruz), Christiansted harbor, 12-15 ft.; Antigua (Secret Harbor, St. Johns) Range: 17.8°N to 17°N; 64.7°W to 61.8°W Depth: 4 to 5 m Maximum Reported Size: 1.1 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua References: Usticke (1969) DdNSEWM; Faber (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T Comments: Larval shell; genus name misspelled as Ringiculina in the text, but correct on the plate and in the index.
Murex plicatus auct. non Wood, 1818, [Not available] Range: 9.4°N ; 82.3°W Depth: 0 m Distribution: Panama References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) DdNSEW; Abbott (1958) s Comments: Misidentification by Wood (1825).
Partial List of References
Abbott, R. T. 1958. The marine mollusks of Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11 [viii] + 138 pp., 5 pls. [Stated date: 31 Dec 1958.] Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix 32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]
