Range: 32.3°N to 18°S; 94°W to 32.5°W Depth: 1 to 20 m (live 1 to 6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Synonymy
Murex cyclostoma Sowerby II, 1841 Caribiella alveata (Kiener, 1842) Ocinebra alveata (Kiener, 1842) Murex alveatus Kiener, 1842 Caribiella intermedia (C. B. Adams, 1850) Tritonalia intermedia (C. B. Adams, 1850) Ocenebra intermedia (C. B. Adams, 1850) Murex intermedius C. B. Adams, 1850 Aspella elegans E. H. Vokes, 1971
Details
Murex alveatusKiener, 1842a, p. [Kiener 1843, pp. 94-95], pl. 46, fig. 2 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 32.3°N to 18°S; 94°W to 32.5°W Depth: 1 to 20 m (live 5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef; Costa Rica, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela, Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia References: Kiener (1843) M; Lyons (1979) D; Díaz et al. (1990) Ll; Leal (1991b) dE; E. H. Vokes (1994) W Combining Genera: Caribiella Ocinebra
Caribiella elegansE. H. Vokes, 1971, p. 44 [Synonym] Attributed to: Perilliat Montoya MS Type Locality: [Jamaica] References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s Comments: New name for Murex intermedius C. B. Adams, 1850, non Brocchi, 1814.
Murex intermediusC. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 60, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 94°W to 65°W Depth: 1 to 6 m (live 1 to 6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21.6 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Panama, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Jamaica, Puerto Rico References: C. B. Adams (1850c) M; Maury (1922) NW; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S Comments: Non Brocchi, 1814. Combining Genera: Caribiella Ocenebra Tritonalia
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.] Kiener, L. C. 1842. Genre Rocher. (Murex, Lin.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 7 47 pls. Vokes, E. H. 1971. Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(268) 141 pp.
