Range: 12°N to 6°N; 74°W to 55°W Depth: 15 to 115 m Maximum Reported Size: 116 mm
Synonymy
Fusus dilectus A. Adams, 1856 Fusus tenuiliratus Dunker, 1867 Fusinus helenae auct. non Bartsch, 1939 Fusinus marensis Weisbord, 1962
Details
Fusus dilectusA. Adams, 1856a, p. 221-222 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Venezuela [Maracaibo, fide Hadorn & Rogers (2000)] Range: 12°N to 6°N; 74°W to 55°W Depth: 16 to 73 m Maximum Reported Size: 116 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Zulia; Surinam References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000) DdNSEWMT
Fusinus helenae auct. non Bartsch, 1939, [Not available] Range: 12°N ; 72°W to 70°W Depth: 15 to 50 m Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon References: Díaz & Puyana (1994) DdNSEWM; Rosenberg (herein, 29 Oct 2003) s Comments: Misidentification by Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Fusinus marensisWeisbord, 1962, p. 362-364, pl. 32, figs. 11-12 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela Range: 12°N to 11.71°N; 70.67°W to 68°W Depth: 20 to 115 m Maximum Reported Size: 112 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon, Isla Margarita References: Petuch (1981a) dNSEW; Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Adams, A. 1856. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23 221-226. Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]
