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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum laterculatum (Sowerby II, 1874)


Range: 26.7°N to 10°N; 83.07°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 0 to 92 m (live 55 to 55 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Pusia staminea auct. non A. Adams, 1853
Mitra laterculata Sowerby II, 1874
Pusia laterculatum (Sowerby II, 1874) 
Mitra oriflavens Melvill, 1925
Vexillum voraginosum Woodring, 1928
Mitra olssoni McGinty, 1955

Details


Mitra laterculata Sowerby II, 1874f, p. 28, pl. 379, fig. 651
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 26°N to 10.01°N; 83.07°W to 69°W
Depth: 9 to 92 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia
References: Cernohorsky (1978a) D; Robinson & Montoya (1987) SW; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M
Combining Genera:  Pusia

Mitra olssoni McGinty, 1955, p. 78-79, pl. 1, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Palm Beach
Range: 26.7°N to 10°N; 83.07°W to 64.9°W
Depth: 0 to 55 m (live 55 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: McGinty (1955) DLN{EM}; Usticke (1959) E; Houbrick (1968) dSW; Sarasúa (1970) M; Cernohorsky (1978a) s

Mitra oriflavens Melvill, 1925, p. 216-217, pl. 10, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Maximum Reported Size: 16.8 mm
References: Cernohorsky (1978a) sM

Pusia staminea auct. non A. Adams, 1853, 
[Not available]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Depth: 9 m
Distribution: Jamaica
Comments: Misidentification by Humfrey (1975).

Vexillum voraginosum Woodring, 1928, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Robinson (1991) s


Partial List of References

McGinty, T. L. 1955. New marine mollusks from Florida Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 107 75-85, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 23 Nov 1955.]
Melvill, J. C. 1925. Descriptions of new species of Mitridae Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16 215-219, pl. 10. [Stated date: -- Jul 1925; true date: pre Aug 18.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1874. A monograph of the genus Mitra Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 46 pp., pls. 352-379

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