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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Murexiella levicula (Dall, 1889)


Range: 34.43°N to 24.6°N; 82°W to 76.2°W
Depth: 18 to 175 m (live 27 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Murex cellulosus auct. non Conrad, 1846
Ocinebra levicula Dall, 1889
Ocenebra levicula (Dall, 1889) 
Tritonalia levicula (Dall, 1889) 
Favartia levicula (Dall, 1889) 
Murex levicula (Dall, 1889) 

Details


Ocinebra (Favartia) (cellulosa var.?) levicula Dall, 1889a, p. 211
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2609, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and in 25-40 fms. at various stations in the Gulf of Mexico [USFC sta. 2372 (E. H. Vokes 1968)]
Range: 34.43°N to 24.6°N; 82°W to 76.2°W
Depth: 18 to 175 m (live 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys
References: Dall (1889a) dNSEW; Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) D; Porter (1974) L
Combining Genera:  Favartia Murex Ocenebra Tritonalia

Murex cellulosus auct. non Conrad, 1846, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Comments: Misidentification by Abbott (1954, pl. 25j).


Partial List of References

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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