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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Pygmaepterys germainae Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980


Range: 18.4°N to 20.7°S; 81°W to 35.9°W
Depth: 12 to 90 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Pygmaepterys germainae Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980
Favartia germainae (Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980) 

Details


? Pygmaepterys germainae Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980, p. 50-52, pl. 1, figs. 1-4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Pta. Higüero, northwestern Puerto Rico
Range: 18.4°N to 20.7°S; 81°W to 35.9°W
Depth: 12 to 90 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Espirito Santo
References: Vokes & D'Attilio (1980) DdNW; Jong & Coomans (1988) M; Leal (1991b) SE
Combining Genera:  Favartia


Partial List of References

Vokes, E. H. and A. D'Attilio. 1980. Pygmaepterys, a newly described taxon of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of three new species from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16 45-54, 2 pls. [Stated date: 17 Sep 1980.]

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