Range: 34°N to 20°N; 91°W to 72°W Depth: 0 to 100 m (live 30 to 74 m) Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Synonymy
Chicoreus florifer auct. non Reeve, 1846 Murex salleanus A. Adams, 1854 Murex dilectus A. Adams, 1855 Murex arenarius Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
Details
Murex dilectusA. Adams, 1855e, p. 120 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 34°N to 20°N; 91°W to 78.55°W Depth: 0 to 100 m (live 30 to 74 m) Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo References: E. H. Vokes (1965) T; Shoemaker (1972) LE; Hopkins et al. (1977) L; Porter (1974) DN; Lyons (1979) D
Murex florifer arenariusClench & Pérez Farfante, 1945, p. 34-35, pl. 19, fig. 1-3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Sanibel Island, Florida Range: 29°N to 24°N; 83°W to 80°W Depth: 35 to 24 m Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Dry Tortugas References: Clench & Pérez-Farfante (1945) DdNSEWM Comments: Non Steuer, 1912.
Chicoreus florifer auct. non Reeve, 1846, [Not available] References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s Comments: Misidentification by Radwin & D'Attilio (1976, pl. 6, fig. 7).
Murex salleanusA. Adams, 1854c, p. 70-71 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Santo Domingo, West Indies Range: 24.6°N to 20°N; 81.8°W to 72°W Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Dominican Republic References: A. Adams (1854c) SE; Melvill (1881) NW; E. H. Vokes (1965) s?
Partial List of References
Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 21 69-74. Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23 119-124. Clench, W. J. and I. Pérez Farfante. 1945. The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(17) 1-58. [Stated date: 29 May 1945.]
