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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976


Range: 3.9°S to 20.67°S; 39°W to 34.68°W
Depth: 1 to 60 m (live 1 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Aspella anceps auct. non Lamarck, 1822
Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976

Details


Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976, p. 223-224, text-figs. 166-167, pl. 1, fig. 9
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Natal Bay, Brazil
Range: 3.9°S to 20.67°S; 39°W to 34.68°W
Depth: 1 to 60 m (live 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte
References: Radwin & D'Attilio (1976) NW; Leal (1991b) DdlSE; Houart (1991) LM

Aspella anceps auct. non Lamarck, 1822, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Rios (1970, 1975, pl. 25, fig. 357); Aspella anceps is Mediterranean (Houart & Vokes 1995).


Partial List of References

Radwin, G. E. and A. D'Attilio. 1976. Murex Shells of the World  xi + 284 pp., 32 pls. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

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