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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Bursidae

Bursa grayana Dunker, 1862


Range: 25°N to 13°S; 80°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 93 m
Maximum Reported Size: 55  mm

Synonymy

Bursa thomae auct. non d'Orbigny, 1847
Bursa grayana Dunker, 1862
Bursa bufoniopsis Maury, 1917
Bursa pacamoni Matthews & Coelho, 1971

Details


Bursa grayana Dunker, 1862,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 25°N to 13°S; 80°W to 39°W
Depth: 5 to 93 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Para, Bahia
References: Beu (1987: 318) T

Bursa bufoniopsis Maury, 1917, p. 272-273, pl. 17, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Zones B and D, Rio Gurabo at Los Quemados, Santo Domingo
Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm
References: Maury (1917) M; Beu (1987) s

Bursa (Bursa) pacamoni Matthews & Coelho, 1971, p. 1-7, figs. 1-5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mucuripe (ao largo), Fortaleza, Ceara, Brasil
Range: 25°N to 13°S; 80°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 93 m
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Matanzas; Puerto Rico, Brazil: Para, Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia
References: Matthews & Coelho (1971) D; Rios (1975) E; Finlay (1978) dN; Princz (1982a); Beu (1987) s

Bursa thomae auct. non d'Orbigny, 1847, 
[Not available]
References: Matthews & Coelho (1971) s (of B. pacamoni)
Comments: Misidentification by Matthews & Rios (1967, in part).


Partial List of References

Matthews, H. R. and A. C. S. Coelho. 1971. Superfamília Tonnacea do Brasil. II. Família Bursidae: Bursa (Bursa) pacamoni sp. n. (Mollusca, Gastropoda) Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série, Zoology (Rio de Janeiro) 283 1-9. [Stated date: 18 May 1971.]
Maury, C. J. 1917. Santo Domingo type section and fossils. Part 1. Mollusca Bulletins of American Paleontology 5 165-415, pls. 1-39. [True date: in parts.]

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