Range: 29.63°N to 20.85°N; 96.67°W to 80°W Depth: 27 to 162 m Maximum Reported Size: 86 mm
Synonymy
Fusus excavatus Sowerby II, 1880 Fusus eucosmius Dall, 1889
Details
Fusus excavatusSowerby II, 1880b, p. 94, pl. 417 bis, fig. 168 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 26.56°N to 20.85°N; 83.77°W to 80°W Depth: 60 to 162 m Maximum Reported Size: 86 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche Bank References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000) DdNEWM; E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) S
Fusus eucosmiusDall, 1889a, p. 167, pl. 35, fig. 5 [Synonym] Type Locality: USFC sta. 2317, off Key West, 45 fms. [24°25'45"N, 81°46'45"W], [by lectotype designation of Hadorn & Rogers (2000)] Range: 29.63°N to 24.43°N; 96.67°W to 81.78°W Depth: 27 to 162 m Maximum Reported Size: 86 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, West of Dry Tortugas; USA: Texas References: Dall (1889a) dSE; Springer & Bullis (1956) NW; Lyons (1978b) DM; Hadorn & Rogers (2000) s Comments: See also eucosmius auct. = stegeri (syntype from USFC sta. 2402). Dall (1889) stated that his specimens from Cuba and Barbados (Blake sta. 11 and 290) were young and imperfect, hence these records need confirmation. The record from Surinam by Altena (1975) is too large (116 mm) for F. eucosmius and is probably F. benjamini.
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.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1880. Monograph of the genus Fusus Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 69-97, pls. 406-417, 417 bis
