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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Astyris antares (Costa & de Souza, 2001)


Range: 26.7°N to 20.68°S; 87°W to 38.37°W
Depth: 10 to 90 m (live 18 to 25 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.6  mm

Synonymy

Mitrella lunata auct. non Say, 1826
Mitrella antares Costa & de Souza, 2001

Details


Mitrella antares Costa & de Souza, 2001, p. 18-19, figs. 5-8, 12-14
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: off Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 20°10'S, 40°37'W, 30 m
Range: 26.7°N to 20.68°S; 87°W to 38.37°W
Depth: 10 to 90 m (live 18 to 25 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.6 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Cozumel; Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Curacao, Bonaire; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba, Brazil: Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo
References: Costa & de Souza (2001) DdLNSEWM; Espinosa, Fernández-Garcés & Ortea (2004) l; Faber (2004c)

Mitrella lunata auct. non Say, 1826, 
[Not available]
References: Faber (2004c) s
Comments: Misidentification by Faber (1984) according to Faber (2004c).


Partial List of References

Costa, P. M. S. and P. J. S. de Souza. 2001. Two new species of Mitrella Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Columbellidae) from west Atlantic Iberus 19(2) 15-21. [Stated date: -- Dec 2001.]

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