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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Siratus ciboney (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)


Range: 23.15°N to 11°N; 81.7°W to 62.73°W
Depth: 110 to 454 m (live 213 to 213 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 59  mm

Synonymy

Murex trilineatus Reeve, 1845
Murex ciboney Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
Chicoreus ciboney (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) 
Chicoreus reevei E. H. Vokes, 1965
Murex yumurinus Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1978

Details


Murex (Murex) ciboney Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945, p. 20-21, pl. 10, figs. 1-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantis sta. 3482, off Matanzas, Cuba, 23°09'N; 81°27'30"W, 190 fathoms
Range: 23.15°N to 11°N; 81.46°W to 62.73°W
Depth: 110 to 454 m (live 213 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 59 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas, South Matanzas, North Ciego de Avila, North Camaguey, Holguin; Jamaica, Haiti; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Kitts/St. Christopher
References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) DNEWM; Humfrey (1975) Ll; Houart (1999) d
Combining Genera:  Chicoreus

Chicoreus (Siratus) reevei E. H. Vokes, 1965, p. 196, [Reeve 1845, pl. 25, fig. 103]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gulf of Mexico
Maximum Reported Size: 58 mm
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Cuba: North Matanzas
References: E. H. Vokes (1965) M; E. H. Vokes (1990b) s
Comments: New name for Murex trilineatus Reeve, 1845, non J. Sowerby, 1813.

Murex trilineatus Reeve, 1845c,  pl. 25, fig. 103
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gulf of Mexico
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico
References: Arango (1880); E. H. Vokes (1990b) s
Comments: Non J. Sowerby, 1813.

Murex (Murex) yumurinus Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1978, p. 2-4, 6, fig. 1a-d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bahía de Matanzas, Cuba
Range: 23°N ; 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 55.5 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Sarasúa & Espinosa (1978) NSEWM; Sarasúa & Espinosa (1984); E. H. Vokes (1990b) s; Houart (1994) s


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and I. Pérez Farfante. 1945. The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(17) 1-58. [Stated date: 29 May 1945.]
Reeve, L. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 1-34
Sarasúa, H. and J. Espinosa. 1978. Adiciones al género Murex (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Poeyana 179 1-13. [Stated date: 25 Apr 1978.]
Vokes, E. H. 1965. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic. Part II--Chicoreus sensu stricto and Chicoreus (Siratus) Tulane Studies in Geology 3 181-204. [Stated date: 22 Jun 1965.]

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