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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836)


Range: 25°N to 12°N; 83°W to 70°W
Depth: 12 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Tiara catenata Broderip, 1836
Mitra catenatum (Broderip, 1836) 
Mitra zythochroa Melvill, 1888
Mitra bibsae Usticke, 1969
Pusia bibsae (Usticke, 1969) 
Pusia nodulita Sarasúa, 1978

Details


Tiara catenata Broderip, 1836a, p. 195
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: ad Insulam Annaan [in error fide Turner 1996]
Range: 25°N to 12°N; 83°W to 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Honduras; ABC Islands: Aruba; Cuba
References: Turner (1996) vNSEW
Comments: Indo-Pacific records records of V. catenatum are V. smithi (Sowerby III, 1889) or V. recurvirostris (Sowerby III, 1908) fide Turner (1996).
Combining Genera:  Mitra

Mitra bibsae Usticke, 1969, p. 20, pl. 4, fig. 920
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barcadera, Aruba
Range: 12°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Faber (1995) s; Turner (1996) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Combining Genera:  Pusia

Pusia nodulita Sarasúa, 1978a, p. 2-4, figs. 2c-d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Marianao, Habana, Cuba
Range: 23°N ; 82.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 11.5 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Sarasúa (1978a) NSEWM; Salisbury (1995) s
Comments: Not compared with V. zythochroa in the original description.

Mitra zythochroa Melvill, 1888, p. 287, pl. 2, fig. 24
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 25°N to 12°N; 82.5°W to 70°W
Depth: 12 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Bahamas
References: Melvill (1888) M; Faber (1990a) s; Turner (1996) s


Partial List of References

Broderip, W. J. 1836. [Shells of the genus Mitra, Lam. and of one species of Conoelix, Swains. forming part of the collection of Mr. Cuming] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3 192-198.
Melvill, J. C. 1888. Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra Journal of Conchology 5 281-288, pl. 2. [Stated date: -- Jan 1888.]
Sarasúa, H. 1978. Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Poeyana 180 1-9. [Stated date: 25 Apr 1978.]
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.]

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