Range: 26°N to 20.67°S; 90.5°W to 29.3°W Depth: 0 to 275 m Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Synonymy
Mitra sulcata auct. non Gmelin, 1791 Mitra microzonias auct. non Lamarck, 1811 Mitra histrio Reeve, 1844 Pusia histrio (Reeve, 1844) Mitra albocincta auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845 Pusia bifasciata auct. non Mörch, 1852 Mitra ansulata Sowerby II, 1874 Mitra cruzana Usticke, 1959
Details
Mitra histrioReeve, 1844d, pl. 19, fig. 144 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 26°N to 20.67°S; 79.8°W to 29.3°W Depth: 0 to 275 m Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Panama, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Amapa, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Espirito Santo, Trindade Island References: Usticke (1959) M; Radwin (1969) W; Cernohorsky (1978a) T; Leal (1991b) SE Comments: The specimen reported from NW Florida by Cernohorsky (1978) [ANSP 194090] is actually V. epiphanea. See also histrio auct. = V. cubanum and V. variatum. Combining Genera: Pusia
Mitra albocincta auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845, [Not available] Range: 21.4°N to 12°N; 90.5°W to 64.8°W Depth: 2 to 9 m Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Venezuela: unlocalized; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Usticke (1959) E; Ekdale (1974) N; Cernohorsky (1978a) s; Princz (1982a) S Comments: Misidentification by Clench & Turner (1950).
Mitra ansulata Sowerby II, 1874, [Synonymy uncertain]
Pusia bifasciata auct. non Mörch, 1852, [Not available] Comments: Misidentification by Cernohorsky (1970, 1978); actually a synonym of the Indo-Pacific M. cavea Reeve or M. microzonias Kiener.
Mitra cruzanaUsticke, 1959, p. 75-76, pl. 4, fig. 7 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Usticke (1959) NSEWM; Cernohorsky (1978a) s?; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Mitra microzonias auct. non Lamarck, 1811, [Not available] Comments: Misidentification by Gundlach; V. microzonias is Indo-Pacific.
Mitra sulcata auct. non Gmelin, 1791, [Not available] Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys References: Cernohorsky (1978a) s Comments: M. sulcata is a synonym of the Indo-Pacific Vexillum microzonias.
Partial List of References
Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-27 Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
