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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Astyris diaphana A. E. Verrill, 1882


Range: 40.04°N to 28.73°N; 86.3°W to 70.38°W
Depth: 117 to 891 m (live 183 to 891 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Astyris rosacea auct. non Gould, 1840
Astyris diaphana A. E. Verrill, 1882
Mitrella diaphana (A. E. Verrill, 1882) 

Details


Astyris diaphana A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 513-515, pl. 58, fig. 2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [USFC sta. 869, by type designation of Johnson (1989)]
Range: 40.04°N to 28.73°N; 86.3°W to 70.38°W
Depth: 117 to 891 m (live 183 to 891 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: West Florida
References: Verrill (1882a) NEM; Dall (1889a) SW; Bush (1893) DdLl
Combining Genera:  Mitrella

Astyris rosacea auct. non Gould, 1840, 
[Not available]
References: Verrill (1882a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1880).


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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