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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Pterynotus havanensis E. H. Vokes, 1970


Range: 30.98°N to 2.24°N; 82.35°W to 38.38°W
Depth: 64 to 805 m (live 64 to 240 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.4  mm

Synonymy

Pterynotus phaneus auct. non Dall, 1889
Murex tristichus Dall, 1889
Pteropurpura tristichus (Dall, 1889) 
Pterynotus havanensis E. H. Vokes, 1970

Details


Pterynotus havanensis E. H. Vokes, 1970,
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 51, off Havana
Range: 24.6°N to 2.24°N; 82.35°W to 38.38°W
Depth: 100 to 444 m (live 260 to 240 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.4 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province; Brazil: Ceara
References: Fair (1976) N; E. H. Vokes (1992) DdW; Pimenta, Couto & Costa (2008) LlSEM

Pterynotus phaneus auct. non Dall, 1889, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Abbott (1974, fig. 1856).

Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus Dall, 1889a, p. 202, pl. 15, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 51, off Havana, 243-450 fms.; sta. 5, off Cuba, 152-229 fms. [Blake sta. 51, by inference of holotype by Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945)]
Range: 30.98°N to 18°N; 82.35°W to 77.5°W
Depth: 64 to 805 m (live 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, South of Marquesas Key, Florida; Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica
References: Dall (1889a) W; Dall (1927b) DN
Comments: Non Beyrich, 1854.
Combining Genera:  Pteropurpura


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.]

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