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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Fusininae

Fusinus hartvigii (Shuttleworth, 1856)


Range: 18.4°N ; 64.9°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 11 to 146 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65  mm

Synonymy

Fusus hartvigii Shuttleworth, 1856
Latirus hartvigii (Shuttleworth, 1856) 
Fusus paeteli Dunker, 1867

Details


Fusus hartvigii Shuttleworth, 1856, p. 171-172
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Tortola; Saint-Thomas
Range: 18.4°N ; 64.9°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 11 to 146 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, Tortola
References: Shuttleworth (1856) NSEW; Sunderland & Sunderland (1995c) c{M}; Hadorn & Rogers (2000) DdM
Comments: The depth range of 73-146 m reported by Hadorn & Rogers (2000) does not match the only depth (11 m) stated in their material examined.
Combining Genera:  Latirus

Fusus paeteli Dunker, 1867, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 63 mm
References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000) sTM
Comments: Dautzenberg's (1900) record off Colombia needs confirmation; it may be F. colombiensis.


Partial List of References

Shuttleworth, R. J. 1856. Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 168-175.

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