Murex ansatusGmelin, 1791, p. 3556, [Regenfuss, vol. 1, pl. 12, fig. 62; Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 144, fig. 1340] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 14°N to 1°N; 74°W to 50°W Depth: 24 to 220 m Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Barbados, Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Para References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000) DdNSEWMT Comments: Cernohorsky (1974) considered F. ansatus to be a valid Indo-Pacific species.
Fusinus closter caboblanquensisWeisbord, 1962, p. 364-368, pl. 32, figs. 13-14; pl. 33, figs. 1-2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela Range: 12°N to 11.3°N; 74°W to 70°W Depth: 1 to 30 m Maximum Reported Size: 230 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon References: Weisbord (1962) M; J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) s (of F. closter); Petuch (1981a) NE; Díaz & Puyana (1994) vDSW; Sunderland & Sunderland (1995d) d
Fusus closterPhilippi, 1850b, p. 115-116, pl. 5, fig. 1 [Synonym] Type Locality: Insula Margarita in India Occidentali [Isla Margarita, Venezuela] Range: 12°N to 4°N; 74°W to 51°W Depth: 4 to 120 m (live 4 to 120 m) Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Anzoategui, Sucre, Isla Margarita; French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa References: Altena (1975) {L}; Princz (1978b); Petuch (1981a) N; Díaz & Puyana (1994) WM; Miloslavich (1996) dl; Hadorn & Rogers (2000) T; Macsotay & Campos (2001) L Comments: The record of Sunderland & Sunderland (1995d) off Egmont Key, Florida needs confirmation.
Fusinus veatchi auct. non Maury, 1917, [Not available; synonymy uncertain] Range: 18°N to 11°N; 77°W to 63.6°W Depth: 30 to 40 m Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Jamaica References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdNSEWM; Rosenberg (herein, 21 Oct 2003) s Comments: Probably a misidentification by Macsotay & Campos (2001), who include Fusinus closter as illustrated by Humfrey (1975) is synonymy. True F. veatchi is a fossil from the Dominican Republic.
Murex versicolorGmelin, 1791, p. 3556-3557, [Knorr, vol. 3, pl. 14, fig. 1; Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 146, fig. 1348] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: "India" References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000) s?
Partial List of References
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Philippi, R. A. 1850. Fusus Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 3 115-120, pl. 5. [Stated date: -- Sep 1850.] Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.] Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]
