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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Terebridae

Terebra floridana Dall, 1889


Range: 32.11°N to 20°N; 91.5°W to 79.21°W
Depth: 9 to 216 m (live 22 to 22 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 78  mm

Synonymy

Terebra floridana Dall, 1889
Subula floridana (Dall, 1889) 
Terebra stegeri Abbott, 1954

Details


Terebra (Subula) floridana Dall, 1889a, p. 63, [Dall 1902a, pl. 29, fig. 9]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Near Key West, 50 fms.; Straits of Florida, 56 fms.
Range: 32.11°N to 24.43°N; 87.05°W to 79.21°W
Depth: 9 to 216 m
Maximum Reported Size: 78 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Florida Strait (offshore)
References: Abbott (1954b) DdS; Springer & Bullis (1956) W; Shoemaker (1972) NE; Sunderland & Sunderland (1998) M
Comments: The Colombian record of Díaz & Puyana (1994) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Subula

Terebra (Myurella) floridana stegeri Abbott, 1954b, p. 39-40, pl. 2, figs. 5-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 50 miles west of Campeche, Yucatan Peninsula
Range: 22°N to 20°N; 91.5°W to 87°W
Depth: 22 to 122 m (live 22 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 69 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo
References: Abbott (1954b) dLlSWM; Sunderland & Sunderland (1998) DNE


Partial List of References

Abbott, R. T. 1954. New Gulf of Mexico gastropods (Terebra and Ocenebra) Nautilus 68 37-44, pl. 2. [Stated date: -- Oct 1954.]
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.]

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