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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Turbinellidae

Fulgurofusus merope (F. M. Bayer, 1971)


Range: 24.4°N to 24.17°N; 82.48°W to 82.13°W
Depth: 512 to 566 m (live 566 to 512 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 36  mm

Details


Columbarium (Peristarium) merope F. M. Bayer, 1971, p. 178-180, figs. 39c, 42, 43a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Gerda sta. G-476, Straits of Florida, SW of Marquesas Keys, 24°14'N, 82°24'W, 549-512 meters
Range: 24.4°N to 24.17°N; 82.48°W to 82.13°W
Depth: 512 to 566 m (live 566 to 512 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 36 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; Florida Strait (offshore)
References: Bayer (1971) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Bayer, F. M. 1971. Biological results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 79. New and unusual mollusks collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the tropical Western Atlantic Bulletin of Marine Science 21 111-236. [Stated date: -- Mar 1971.]

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