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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Risomurex caribbaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)


Range: 26°N to 9.3°N; 89°W to 61.4°W
Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 0.3 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.2  mm

Synonymy

Fusus muricoides C. B. Adams, 1845
Muricopsis muricoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) 
Ricinula caribaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) 
Muricopsis caribaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) 
Engina caribaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) 
Tritonalia caribbaea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Details


Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) caribbaea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939a, p. 7-8, pl. 1, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Old Providence Island
Range: 26°N to 10°N; 89°W to 61.4°W
Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 0.3 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State; Honduras; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla la Tortuga; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) M; E. H. Vokes (1994) {E}; Fallon (2008) E
Combining Genera:  Engina Muricopsis Ricinula

Fusus muricoides C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 3, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 25°N to 9.3°N; 83.07°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 to 5 m (live 0.3 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.2 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: C. B. Adams (1845) M; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Houbrick (1968) dW; Sarasúa (1970); Hemmen & Hemmen (1979) E; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Díaz et al. (1990) DL
Comments: Non Deshayes, 1835.
Combining Genera:  Muricopsis


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Bartsch, P. and H. A. Rehder. 1939. Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(10) 1-18, pls. 1-5. [Stated date: 13 Jun 1939.]

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