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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Attiliosa aldridgei (Usticke, 1969)


Range: 25.7°N to 9.5°N; 87°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0.3 to 20 m (live 0.3 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 41  mm

Synonymy

Muricopsis philippiana auct. non Dall, 1889
Vasum aldridgei Usticke, 1969
Muricopsis poeyi Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979

Details


Vasum aldridgei Usticke, 1969, p. 18-19, pl. 4, fig. 834
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [Rat Island], Antigua [locality of the lectotype (Boyko & Cordeiro 2001)]
Range: 25.7°N to 9.5°N; 87°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0.3 to 18 m (live 0.3 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas: Bimini, Andros, New Providence; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Antigua
References: Usticke (1971) MT; Vokes & D'Attilio (1982) N; E. H. Vokes (1989) SEWM; Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) D; Faber (1995); E. H. Vokes (1999); Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)

Muricopsis philippiana auct. non Dall, 1889, 
[Not available]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Depth: 0.3 to 11 m (live 0.3 to 3 m)
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Espinosa (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification by Radwin (1969)? and Humfrey (1975).

Muricopsis poeyi Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979, p. 2-4, figs. 1a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Marianao, Provincia Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
Range: 23°N ; 82.5°W
Depth: 20 m
Maximum Reported Size: 21.3 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Sarasúa & Espinosa (1979) DdNSEWM; Vokes & D'Attilio (1982) s; Houart (1994) s


Partial List of References

Sarasúa, H. and J. Espinosa. 1979. El género Muricopsis (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) en Cuba Poeyana 193 1-6. [Stated date: 31 Jul 1979.]
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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