Range: 32.3°N to 20.85°S; 97.22°W to 32.5°W Depth: 0 to 23 m (live 0.3 to 23 m) Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Synonymy
Rhizochilus abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816 Purpura abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816 Coralliophila deformis auct. non Lamarck, 1822 Murex galea Dillwyn, 1823 Coralliophila nodulosa H. & A. Adams, 1864 Coralliophila undosa H. & A. Adams, 1864 Purpura miocenica Guppy, 1873
Details
Murex galeaDillwyn, 1823, p. 40, pl. 896, fig. 16 [Chemnitz, 1788, pl. 160, figs. 1518-1519] [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Chemnitz; d'Orbigny (1845); Reeve (1846) Range: 32.3°N to 25°N; 80.5°W to 64.8°W Depth: 0 to 15 m Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Bermuda References: Sunderland (1989c) SWM
Purpura abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816, [Not available] Range: 28.58°N to 20.85°S; 97.22°W to 32.5°W Depth: 0 to 23 m (live 0.3 to 23 m) Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques, Isla la Blanquilla, Los Testigos; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Alagoas, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands References: Hopkins et al. (1977) DLNW; Kosuge & Suzuki (1985) s; Leal (1991b) SE; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001) Comments: Misidentification by Kiener (1836). Combining Genera: Rhizochilus
Coralliophila deformis auct. non Lamarck, 1822, [Not available] Distribution: Panama Comments: Misidentification.
Purpura miocenica Guppy, 1873, [Synonym] References: Robinson (1991) s
Coralliophila nodulosaH. & A. Adams, 1864, p. 431-432 [Synonym] Type Locality: Guadeloupe Range: 16°N ; 61.5°W Distribution: Guadeloupe References: H. & A. Adams (1864) NSEW; Kosuge & Suzuki (1985) s
Coralliophila undosa H. & A. Adams, 1864, [Synonym] References: Kosuge & Suzuki (1985) s
Partial List of References
Adams, H. and A. Adams. 1864. Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from the Cumingian collection Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 31 428-435. [Stated date: 10 Nov 1863; true date: -- Apr 1864.] Dillwyn, L. W. 1823. Martini Lister Historia sive Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum, 3rd ed [ii] + xiii + 48 pp., 1059 figs. + 22 pls. Clarendoniano: Oxonii.
