Siliquaria modestaDall, 1881, p. 39 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Blake sta. 20, off Bahia Honda, Cuba, 220 fathoms [23°02'30"N, 83°11'00"W, by lectotype designation of Bieler (2004)] Range: 32.3°N to 20.73°S; 93.59°W to 28.87°W Depth: 37 to 1472 m (live 56 to 402 m) Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Panama, Colombia; Venezuela: Carabobo; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua, Dominica, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, The Grenadines; Barbados, Brazil: Martin Vaz Islands References: Dall (1881) L; Leal (1991b) SE; Díaz & Puyana (1994); García (2000); Bieler (2004) DlWMT Comments: Maury (1922) 29°N in Florida.
Siliquaria limonensis Olsson, 1922, [Synonym] References: Robinson (1991) s
Partial List of References
Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]
