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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Ovulidae

Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855


Range: 32.3°N to 4°N; 85°W to 51°W
Depth: 49 to 1170 m (live 340 to 340 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881

Details


Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 32.3°N to 4°N; 85°W to 51°W
Depth: 49 to 1170 m (live 340 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: Havana Province; Brazil: unlocalized
References: Dall (1889a) DdW; Simone (2004) Ll
Comments: Scheltema (1993) considered P. decussata at best a subspecies of P. sicula Swainson, 1840, but Bouchet & Warén (1993) maintained it as distinct based on differences of the teleoconch.

Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881, p. 39-40
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barbados, 100 fms.; off Havana, 450 fms., Yucatan Strait, 640 fms.
Range: 23°N to 13°N; 85°W to 60°W
Depth: 183 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Yucatan Strait, Cuba: North Havana Province; Barbados
References: Dall (1881) DdNSEWM; Dall (1889a) s


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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