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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Retimohnia carolinensis (A. E. Verrill, 1884)


Range: 35.24°N to 25°N; 80°W to 74.99°W
Depth: 260 to 1715 m (live 260 to 260 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Urosalpinx carolinensis A. E. Verrill, 1884
Mohnia carolinensis (A. E. Verrill, 1884) 

Details


Urosalpinx carolinensis A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 237-238, [Radwin 1972, fig. 1e]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2109, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 35°14'20"N, 74°59'10"W, 142 fathoms [by lectotype designation of Johnson (1989)]
Range: 35.24°N to 25°N; 80°W to 74.99°W
Depth: 260 to 1715 m (live 260 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: Florida Keys
References: A. E. Verrill (1884) dlNEM; Radwin (1972); Abbott (1974) SW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) L; Johnson (1989) T; McLean (1995) c
Comments: The 23 mm size reported by Kaicher (1985d: 4396) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Mohnia


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.

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