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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Murexsul huberti (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)


Range: 17°N to 9.5°N; 78°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0 to 5.5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Muricopsis praepauxilla auct. non Maury, 1917
Muricopsis huberti Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
Muricopsis duffyi Petuch, 1992

Details


Muricopsis huberti Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976, p. 232-233, text-figs. 182-183
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West side of Grenada, West Indies
Range: 17°N to 9.5°N; 78°W to 61.3°W
Depth: 0 to 5.5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 21.4 mm
Distribution: Panama; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, The Grenadines, Grenada
References: Radwin & D'Attilio (1976) DE; Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) SW; E. H. Vokes (1994) NM; Houart (2006b) c; Fallon (2008) d

Muricopsis duffyi Petuch, 1992a, p. 5-6, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off southeastern tip of Noronqui, Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Range: 12°N ; 67°W
Depth: 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Islas Los Roques
References: Petuch (1992a) DdNSEWM; E. H. Vokes (1994) s

Muricopsis praepauxilla auct. non Maury, 1917, 
[Not available]
Range: 12°N ; 61.7°W
Depth: 1 m
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1993b) DdNSEW; E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Comments: Misidentification by Sunderland & Sunderland (1993).


Partial List of References

Petuch, E. J. 1992. New mollusks from Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela, an isolated Caribbean atoll La Conchiglia 23(262) 5-11. [Stated date: -- Mar 1992.]
Radwin, G. E. and A. D'Attilio. 1976. Murex Shells of the World  xi + 284 pp., 32 pls. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

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