Range: 34°N to 27°S; 91°W to 32.5°W Depth: 0 to 310 m (live 7 to 60 m) Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Synonymy
Murex tetragona auct. non Broderip, 1833 Ocinebrina cellulosa (Conrad, 1846) Tritonalia cellulosa (Conrad, 1846) Murex cellulosus Conrad, 1846 Tritonalia nucea auct. non Mörch, 1850 Murex nucea auct. non Mörch, 1850 Murex jamaicensis Sowerby II, 1879 Ocinebra alta Dall, 1890 Favartia glypta auct. non M. Smith, 1938
Details
Murex cellulosaConrad, 1846a, p. 25 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Tampa Bay [Florida] Range: 34°N to 27°S; 91°W to 32.5°W Depth: 0 to 310 m (live 7 to 60 m) Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) D; Sykes & Hall (1970) l; Porter (1974) dN; Leal (1991b) E; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Houart (2005) Comments: See also cellulosa auct. = Murexiella macgintyi. Combining Genera: Ocinebrina Tritonalia
Ocinebra (Favartia) (intermedia Adams var.?) altaDall, 1890c, p. 150, not figured [Synonym] Attributed to: Dall (1890, in part) Type Locality: Florida Pliocene [Near Fort Deneaud, Caloosahatchie Rive, Florida (Schuchert 1905)] Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm References: Dall (1890c) M; Schuchert (1905) T; E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Favartia glypta auct. non M. Smith, 1938, [Not available] References: Houart (1991) s Comments: Misidentification by Vokes (1968, pl. 7, fig. 5).
Murex jamaicensisSowerby II, 1879, p. 39, pl. 402, fig. 223 [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Distribution: Jamaica References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s
Tritonalia nucea auct. non Mörch, 1850, [Not available] Range: 18°N ; 77°W Distribution: Jamaica References: E. H. Vokes (1994) s Comments: Misidentification by M. Smith (1939, pl. 12, fig. 19). Combining Genera: Murex
Conrad, T. A. 1846. Descriptions of new species of fossil and Recent shells and corals Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3 19-27, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Feb 1846; true date: pre June 30.] Dall, W. H. 1890. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 1-200, pls. 1-12. [Stated date: -- Aug 1890.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1879. Monograph of the genus Murex, Linnaeus Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 1-55, pls. 380-403
