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Gastropoda: : Vanikoroidea: Vanikoridae

Megalomphalus millerae (Usticke, 1959)


Range: 17.8°N ; 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5  mm

Details


Vanikoro millerae Usticke, 1959, p. 48, pl. 3, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1969) NSEW; Faber (1988); Faber (1990a); Rolán & Rubio (1998) M; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Comments: Usticke (1969: 48) stated the type locality as both Cane Bay and Ham Bay, St. Croix; the former is an error as the holotype is from Ham Bay (Boyko & Cordeiro 2001).


Partial List of References

Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix  vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]

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