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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Ergalataxinae

Orania grayi (Dall, 1889)


Range: 20.59°N to 32°S; 86.4°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 80 to 780 m (live 210 to 210 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23  mm

Synonymy

Nassaria grayi Dall, 1889
Cytharomorula grayi (Dall, 1889) 
Nassarina grayi (Dall, 1889) 
Evokesia grayi (Dall, 1889) 
Cantharus laevis E. A. Smith, 1890
Trophon lowei Watson, 1897
Urosalpinx lowei (Watson, 1897) 

Details


Nassaria (Nassarina) grayi Dall, 1889a, p. 183, pl. 32, fig. 12a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 152, off St. Kitts, 122 fms.; sta. 272 and 290, off Barbados, 73-76 fms.; USFC sta. 2354, off Arrowsmith Bank, Yucatan, 130 fms [sta. 290, 73 fms (E. H. Vokes 1996)]
Range: 20.59°N to 32°S; 86.4°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 80 to 780 m (live 210 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; St. Kitts/St. Christopher, Barbados, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Dall (1889a) NW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) c; Leal (1991b) dE; Houart (1991) L; E. H. Vokes (1996) T
Comments: Leal (1991b:387) thought there was a mix-up of localities since USNM syntypes are from Barbados not St. Kitts, but Barbados is mentioned by Dall and the St. Kitts specimens are in MCZ.
Combining Genera:  Cytharomorula Evokesia Nassarina

Cantharus (Tritonidea) laevis E. A. Smith, 1890b, p. 261, pl. 21, fig. 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Helena
Range: 16°S to 16°S; 5.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: E. A. Smith (1890b) NSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Trophon lowei Watson, 1897, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Combining Genera:  Urosalpinx


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Smith, E. A. 1890. Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890 247-317, pls. 21-24. [Stated date: 01 Apr 1890.]

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