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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Murex maculatus A. H. Verrill, 1950
Dubious name; not Western Atlantic?


Range: 15.5°N ; 61.5°W
Depth: 82 to 82 m (live 82 to 82 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 47  mm

Details


Murex maculatus A. H. Verrill, 1950a, p. 126, pl. 9, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Dominica
Range: 15.5°N ; 61.5°W
Depth: 82 m (live 82 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 47 mm
Distribution: Dominica
References: A. H. Verrill (1950a) DdLlNSEWM
Comments: Non Reeve, 1845. Nomen dubium; may be mislocalized Murex carbonnieri from the Indian Ocean (Vokes 1990b).


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. H. 1950. New marine mollusks from Dominica, B. W. I Nautilus 63 126-128, pls. 9-10. [Stated date: -- Apr 1950.]

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