Range: 20°N to 9.4°N; 87°W to 67°W Depth: 0 to 55 m Maximum Reported Size: 14.7 mm
Synonymy
Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846 Risomurex roseus auct. non Reeve, 1846 Muricopsis roseus auct. non Reeve, 1846 Risomurex schrammi auct. non Crosse, 1863 Muricopsis schrammi auct. non Crosse, 1863 Sistrum rubidum Dall, 1889 Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984
Details
Ricinula deformisReeve, 1846e, pl. 6, fig. 44 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 20°N to 9.5°N; 87°W to 75.5°W Depth: 55 m Maximum Reported Size: 14.7 mm Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Cuba References: Robinson & Montoya (1987) {S}; E. H. Vokes (1994) NWM; Díaz & Puyana (1994) DdE; Vander Ven (2003) S
Risomurex mosquitensisKemperman & Coomans, 1984, p. 1-3, figs. 3-4 [Synonym] Type Locality: Puerto Vargas, Parque Nacional Cahuita, Mosquito Gulf, Costa Rica Range: 9.7°N to 9.4°N; 83°W to 80°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 11.7 mm Distribution: Costa Rica References: Kemperman & Coomans (1984) DdNSEWM; E. H. Vokes (1994) s; Houart (1994) s Comments: 'Mosquito Gulf' does not extend to Costa Rica.
Risomurex roseus auct. non Reeve, 1846, [Not available] Range: 18°N to 18.5°N; 66°W to 67°W Distribution: Puerto Rico References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961, pl. 19, fig. b). Combining Genera: Muricopsis
Sistrum ferrugineum var. rubidumDall, 1889a, p. 217 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated Range: 16°N ; 86°W Distribution: Honduras References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Risomurex schrammi auct. non Crosse, 1863, [Not available] Range: 19°N to 9.4°N; 86.5°W to 69°W Depth: 2.4 m Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic References: Radwin (1969) S; Petuch (1980a) W; Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) DdNEM; E. H. Vokes (1994) s Comments: Misidentification by Olsson & McGinty (1958); Kaicher (1979: 2010). Combining Genera: Muricopsis
Partial List of References
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.] Kemperman, T. C. M. and H. E. Coomans. 1984. Studies on West Indian marine molluscs, 1. Risomurex mosquitensis, a new Caribbean species, with remarks on the status of the genus Risomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae) Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 10 1-7. [Stated date: 14 Sep 1984.] Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Ricinula Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 1-6
