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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites euspira (Dall, 1881)


Range: 23.23°N to 18.64°N; 86°W to 0°W
Depth: 713 to 1472 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7  mm

Synonymy

Margarita euspira Dall, 1881
Trochus euspira (Dall, 1881) 
Margarita nitens Dall, 1881
Trochus coronatus Jeffreys, 1883

Details


Margarita (?) euspira Dall, 1881, p. 44
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 2, north of Havana
Range: 23.23°N to 18.64°N; 86°W to 0°W
Depth: 713 to 1472 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Yucatan Strait, Cuba: North Havana Province; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Dall (1881) DN; Quinn (1979) dSEM
Combining Genera:  Trochus

Trochus coronatus Jeffreys, 1883, 
[Synonym]
References: Quinn (1979) s

Margarita (?) euspira var. nitens Dall, 1881, p. 102
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Jeffreys
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Quinn (1979) 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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