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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Murexiella macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938)


Range: 30°N to 18°S; 92.44°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Murex cellulosus auct. non Conrad, 1846
Murex leviculus auct. non Dall, 1889
Murex macgintyi M. Smith, 1938
Murex mcgintyi M. Smith, 1939
Murexiella leonardhilli Petuch, 1987

Details


Murex macgintyi M. Smith, 1938, p. 88-89, [M. Smith 1937, pl. 6, fig. 11]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene, Clewiston, Florida
Range: 30°N to 18°S; 92.44°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Panama, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), New Providence; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Abrolhos Islands
References: Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Redfern (2001) L; E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) W; García (2007b)
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Murex cellulosus auct. non Conrad, 1846, 
[Not available]
Range: 77°W
Distribution: Jamaica
References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Comments: Misidentification by Humfrey (1975).

Murexiella leonardhilli Petuch, 1987, p. 141, pl. 28, figs. 5-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Baia de Todos os Santos, off Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Range: 13°S to 13°S; 37°W
Depth: 10 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Bahia
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1992c) M; E. H. Vokes (1994) s

Murex leviculus auct. non Dall, 1889, 
[Not available]
Range: 18°N to 18.5°N; 66°W to 67°W
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) NSEW; E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961, pl. 19h).

Tritonalia mcgintyi M. Smith, 1939, p. 16, pl. 12, fig. 20
[Synonym]
Comments: Unjustified emendation of macgintyi by M. Smith (1939), who used the spelling in the text and on the plate caption.


Partial List of References

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.]
Smith, M. 1938. Further notes upon Tertiary and Recent mollusks from Florida together with descriptions of new species [concluded] Nautilus 51 88-91. [Stated date: -- Jan 1938.]
Smith, M. 1939. An Illustrated Catalog of the Recent species of the Rock Shells  ix + 83 pp., 21 pls. Tropical Laboratory: Lantana, Florida. [True date: post 1 Apr.]

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