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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Manaria fusiformis (Clench & Aguayo, 1941)


Range: 24.23°N to 0.3°N; 87.75°W to 44.38°W
Depth: 183 to 2633 m (live 293 to 578 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85  mm

Synonymy

Metula fusiformis Clench & Aguayo, 1941
Bartschia fusiformis (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) 
Buccinofusus surinamensis Okutani, 1982
Mohnia kaicherae Petuch, 1987

Details


Metula fusiformis Clench & Aguayo, 1941, p. 179, pl. 14, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantis sta. 3344, off Cienfuegos, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, 21°38'N, 80°12'N, 1440 fathoms
Range: 24.23°N to 0.3°N; 87.75°W to 44.38°W
Depth: 183 to 2633 m (live 293 to 578 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 69 mm
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Colombia, Cuba: Cienfuegos; Navassa Island; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Maranhao
References: Clench & Aguayo (1941) D{NM}; Bouchet & Warén (1986a); Harasewych (1990) cdLlSEM{W}; Sunderland & Sunderland (1992d) {d}; García (2008d: 146) NW
Combining Genera:  Bartschia

Mohnia kaicherae Petuch, 1987, p. 103, pl. 21, figs. 8-9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Los Monges [sic, Monjes] Islands, off mouth of Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela
Range: 12.5°N ; 71°W
Depth: 200 m
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon
References: Harasewych (1990) s

Buccinofusus surinamensis Okutani, 1982, p. 113-114, pl. 2, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Surinam
Range: 8°N ; 54°W
Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Distribution: Surinam
References: Okutani (1982) NSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1986a) s
Comments: Considered valid by Harasewych (1990).


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1941. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Havana Expedition off Cuba. IV. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 15 177-180, pl. 14. [Stated date: 10 Jul 1941; true date: pre 22 Jul.]
Okutani, T. 1982. A new genus and five new species of gastropods trawled from off Surinam Venus 41 109-120. [Stated date: -- Jul 1982.]
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]

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