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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Cerithiidae

Varicopeza crystallina (Dall, 1881)


Range: 30°N to 12°N; 90.5°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 11 to 1605 m (live 91 to 472 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Cerithiopsis crystallina Dall, 1881
Eumetula crystallina (Dall, 1881) 

Details


Cerithiopsis (?) crystallina Dall, 1881, p. 89-90
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 2 [off Morro Light, north of Havana, Cuba], 805 fms.; Barbados, 100 fms.; 'numerous other localities' [Blake sta. 2, by type designation of Houbrick (1987a)]
Range: 30°N to 12°N; 90.5°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 11 to 1605 m (live 91 to 472 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Eleuthera; Cuba: North Havana Province, Santiago de Cuba; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados
References: Dall (1881) EM; Maury (1922) l; Houbrick (1987a) DLNMT
Combining Genera:  Eumetula


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]

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