Murex femoraleLinnaeus, 1758, p. 749, [Grew. t. 11, f. 7-8; List. t. 941; Bonan. 3, t. 290; Rumph. t. 26, f. B; Gualt. t. 50, f. C...] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: O[ceano] Asiatico Range: 32.3°N to 28°S; 90.5°W to 34.9°W Depth: 0.6 to 150 m (live 0.6 to 81 m) Maximum Reported Size: 212 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas: Eleuthera; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Tortola; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Santa Catarina References: Dautzenberg (1900); Maury (1922) N; Clench & Turner (1957) SW; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Leal (1991b) L; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Miller (2003) Comments: 29°N in west Florida (Maury 1922); 28°N east Florida (Clench & Turner 1957). Combining Genera: Lotorium Nyctilochus Simpulum Triton Tritonium
Cymatium etcheversi auct. non Macsotay & Campos, 2001, [Not available] Range: 24.6°N to 18.5°N; 80°W to 78°W Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Jamaica References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) NSEW; Lee (2005b) s
Lotorium lotorMontfort, 1810, p. 583-584, text-fig. (genus 146) [Synonym] Type Locality: côtes d'Afrique References: D'Attilio & Myers (1984) s
Septa triangularisG. Perry, 1811a, pl. 14, fig. 6 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: 'Southern Ocean' References: Clench & Turner (1957) s Comments: Considered a species inquirenda by Emerson & Old (1963), a possible synonym of Cymatium perryi Emerson & Old, 1963 by Henning & Hemmen (1993) and a nomen dubium by Petit (2003).
Partial List of References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. Montfort, D. 1810. Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique de coquilles Conchyliologie Systématique 2 [iii] + 676 pp. F. Schoell: Paris. Perry, G. 1811. Conchology iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
