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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Crassispirinae

Crassispira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843)


Range: 35°N to 20°S; 92.1°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0.6 to 90 m (live 0.6 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma fuscescens Reeve, 1843
Clathrodrillia fuscescens (Reeve, 1843) 

Details


Pleurotoma fuscescens Reeve, 1843b, pl. 15, fig. 125
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Gray MS
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 35°N to 20°S; 92.1°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0.6 to 90 m (live 0.6 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Amapa, Maranhao, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965) W; Leal (1991b) DE; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Williams (2005) M
Comments: Peile's record from Bermuda needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Clathrodrillia


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 1-18

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