Range: 12°N to 5.97°N; 71°W to 55.17°W Depth: 0 to 90 m (live 1.5 to 2.5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Synonymy
Murex chrysostoma Sowerby II, 1834 Haustellum chrysostoma (Sowerby II, 1834) Murex messorius auct. non Sowerby, 1841
Details
Murex chrysostomaSowerby II, 1834b, pl. 58, fig. 1 [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Gray MS Range: 12°N to 5.97°N; 71°W to 55.17°W Depth: 0 to 90 m (live 1.5 to 2.5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon, Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Surinam References: Work (1969); Altena (1975) dSE; Princz (1978b); Hemmen & Hemmen (1979) {d}Ll; E. H. Vokes (1990b) N{E}W; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Petuch (1994) c; Macsotay & Campos (2001) {S} Combining Genera: Haustellum
Murex messorius auct. non Sowerby, 1841, [Not available] References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s Comments: Misidentification by Fair (1976, figs. 34-35).
Partial List of References
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1834. Murex Conchological Illustrations pls. 58-59 [True date: 30 May 1834.]
