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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950)


Range: 27.82°N to 12°N; 94°W to 61.08°W
Depth: 14 to 110 m (live 14 to 14 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 79  mm

Synonymy

Murex pulcher A. Adams, 1853
Murex consuela A. H. Verrill, 1950
Chicoreus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950) 
Murex consuelae E. H. Vokes, 1963
Chicoreus consuelae (E. H. Vokes, 1963) 

Details


Murex pulcher consuela A. H. Verrill, 1950b, p. 6-7, text-fig.
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Soufriere, Dominica, B.W.I, 40-50 fm.
Range: 27.82°N to 12°N; 94°W to 61.08°W
Depth: 14 to 50 m (live 14 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 79 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Jamaica, Dominica, Martinique
References: Wagner & Abbott (1990) M; Houart (1991) E; Houart (2000) dLl; García (2000) DN; García (2005b)
Combining Genera:  Chicoreus

Murex consuelae E. H. Vokes, 1963, 
[Synonym]
Comments: Unjustified emendation.
Combining Genera:  Chicoreus

Murex pulcher A. Adams, 1853e, p. 270
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix
Range: 18°N ; 77°W to 65°W
Depth: 73 to 110 m
Maximum Reported Size: 63 mm
Distribution: Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: A. Adams (1853e) D; Clench (1959d) dNW; Lozet & Pétron (1977) M
Comments: Non J. Sowerby, 1813.


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian Collection Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 267-272. [Stated date: -- Nov 1851; true date: 07 Dec 1853.]
Verrill, A. H. 1950. New subspecies from the West Indies Conchological Club of Southern California, Minutes 101 5-7. [Stated date: -- Jun 1950.]

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