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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Crassispirinae

Crassispira cubana (Melvill, 1923)


Range: 27°N to 4°N; 90.5°W to 51°W
Depth: 1 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Drillia cubana Melvill, 1923
Crassispira mesoleuca Rehder, 1943

Details


Drillia cubana Melvill, 1923, p. 163, pl. 4, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cuba
Range: 27°N to 4°N; 90.5°W to 51°W
Depth: 1 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Cuba, Brazil: Amapa
References: Sunderland (1991) DNM

Crassispira (Crassispirella) mesoleuca Rehder, 1943a, p. 202-203, pl. 20, fig. 15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Looe Key Reef, Florida
Range: 25.5°N to 17.8°N; 83°W to 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 16.6 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Rehder (1943a) NWM; Usticke (1959) SE


Partial List of References

Melvill, J. C. 1923. Descriptions of twenty-one species of Turridae (Pleurotomidae) from various localities in the collection of Mr. E. R. Sykes Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15 162-171, pls. 4-5. [Stated date: -- Mar 1923.]
Rehder, H. A. 1943. New marine mollusks from the Antillean region Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3161) 187-203, pls. 19-20.

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