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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Astyris amphissella (Dall, 1881)


Range: 30.73°N to 22°N; 86°W to 79.43°W
Depth: 755 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Anachis amphissella (Dall, 1881) 
Columbella amphissella Dall, 1881
Columbella rushii Dall, 1889

Details


Columbella (Astyris?) amphissella Dall, 1881, p. 91
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Yucatan Strait
Range: 30.73°N to 22°N; 86°W to 79.43°W
Depth: 755 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia; Yucatan Strait
References: Dall (1881) DSW; Dall (1927b) NE
Comments: Misspelled as amphisella by Johnson (1934).
Combining Genera:  Anachis

Columbella (Anachis) amphissella var. rushii Dall, 1889a, p. 188-189
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Fowey Rocks, Florida Straits, 465 fms.
Range: 30.73°N to 25.5°N; 80°W to 79.43°W
Depth: 805 to 850 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida
References: Dall (1889a) DSW; Dall (1927b) dNE


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]
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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