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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum hendersoni (Dall, 1927)


Range: 30.98°N to 20.92°S; 92.32°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 9 to 805 m (live 9 to 82 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Synonymy

Mitra hendersoni Dall, 1927
Pusia cubana auct. non Aguayo & Rehder, 1936
Pusia hendersoni Rehder, 1943

Details


Mitra hendersoni Dall, 1927b, p. 49-50, [Cernohorsky 1978, fig. 29]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Georgia and Florida Keys
Range: 30.98°N to 20.92°S; 92.32°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 9 to 805 m (live 9 to 82 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Puerto Rico, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Ceara, Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Dall (1927b) DND; Cernohorsky (1978a) {W}M; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Leal (1991b) LSE; García (2002a); E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) W; García (2007b)

Pusia cubana auct. non Aguayo & Rehder, 1936, 
[Not available]
Range: 18°N to 11.3°N; 77°W to 74.5°W
Depth: 9 to 30 m (live 9 to 21 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica
References: Humfrey (1975) dLlNW; Díaz & Puyana (1994) DSEM
Comments: Misidentification by Humfrey (1975).

Pusia hendersoni Rehder, 1943a, p. 200-201, pl. 20, fig. 12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Bears Cut, Miami, Florida
Range: 25.7°N to 17.8°N; 81.8°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 55 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Rehder (1943a) DdNW; Usticke (1959) SEM; Cernohorsky (1978a) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.
Rehder, H. A. 1943. New marine mollusks from the Antillean region Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3161) 187-203, pls. 19-20.

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