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Gastropoda: : Naticoidea: Naticidae

Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)


Range: 28°N to 1°S; 86°W to 50°W
Depth: 538 to 1536 m (live 1170 to 1170 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7  mm

Synonymy

Natica fringilla Dall, 1881
Natica perla Dall, 1889

Details


Natica fringilla Dall, 1881, p. 93
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Yucatan Strait and Cape San Antonio
Range: 28°N to 1°S; 86°W to 50°W
Depth: 538 to 1536 m (live 1170 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Colombia: Old Providence Island; Yucatan Strait, Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Brazil: Para
References: Dall (1881) LW; Dall (1889a); Kaicher (1975b) T
Comments: USNM 87195 selected as lectotype by Kaicher (1975b: 732), who stated that it was "the type" (ICZN Article 74.6). Possibly a synonym of Euspira radiata (Alan Kabat, pers. comm., 3 Dec 1991)

Natica (Lunatia) fringilla var. perla Dall, 1889a, p. 296, pl. 21, fig. 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 226, near St. Vincent
Range: 25°N to 13.15°N; 80°W to 61.27°W
Depth: 538 to 775 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: unlocalized; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Dall (1889a) DSE; Abbott (1974) dNW
Comments: Dall's (1889b) record off Fernandina needs confirmation; it is not repeated by Dall (1927b).


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.]
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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