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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Calliostomatidae

Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992


Range: 11.94°N to 10.5°N; 74°W to 67°W
Depth: 7 to 20 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.8  mm

Synonymy

Ziziphinus leanus auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852
Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992

Details


Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992b, p. 95-96, figs. 51-52
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cabo de la Vela, Colombia, Pillsbury Sta. P-774, 11°56.5'N, 72°17.9'W
Range: 11.94°N to 11.3°N; 74°W to 72.3°W
Depth: 7 to 20 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.8 mm
Distribution: Colombia
References: Quinn (1992b) dNEM; Díaz & Puyana (1994) DSW

Ziziphinus leanus auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 10.5°N ; 67°W
Distribution: Venezuela: Vargas
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW; Rosenberg (herein, 29 Oct 2003) s
Comments: Misidentification by Higgins & Marrat (1877). Calliostoma leanum is Eastern Pacific, but resembles C. fucosum, to which the record is tentatively assigned.


Partial List of References

Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean Nautilus 106 77-114. [Stated date: 21 Aug 1992.]

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