Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae

Nassarius consensus (Ravenel, 1861)

Range: 35°N to 9.4°N; 89°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 6 to 80 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.6 mm

Synonymy

Nassa consensus Ravenel, 1861
Alectrion consensus (Ravenel, 1861)
Alectrion harveyense Mansfield, 1930
Alectrion leonense Mansfield, 1930
Nassarius fargoi Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Details

Nassa consensa Ravenel, 1861, p. 43
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: off Charleston bar, South Carolina, 14 fathoms, in fish stomach
Range: 35°N to 9.4°N; 89°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 6 to 80 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Parker (1956) W; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Usticke (1959) E; Lyons et al. (1971) d; Lyons (1989b) lNM
Combining Genera: Alectrion

Nassarius (Uzita) fargoi Olsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 223, pl. 33, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Pliocene of North St. Petersburg, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 12.5 mm
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953) M; Cernohorsky (1984) s

Alectrion consensa harveyensis Mansfield, 1930, p. 78-79, pl. 11, fig. 1, 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Station 3421, Harveys Creek, about half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 7.7 mm
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Cernohorsky (1984) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Alectrion consensa leonensis Mansfield, 1930, p. 79, pl. 10, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Station 3421, Harveys Creek, about half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Cernohorsky (1984) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Partial List of References

Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 189 pp., 21 pls.
Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 vii + 459, 65 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.]
Ravenel, E. 1861. Descriptions of new Recent shells from the coast of South Carolina Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13 41-44. [Stated date: -- Feb 1861; true date: pre Mar 31.]

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