Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 77°W Depth: 0.3 to 31 m Maximum Reported Size: 42 mm
Synonymy
Murex cancellatus Sowerby II, 1841 Typhis triangularis A. Adams, 1855 Tripterotyphis triangularis (A. Adams, 1855)
Details
Typhis triangularisA. Adams, 1855e, p. 124 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 25°N to 9.75°N; 89.7°W to 77°W Depth: 0.3 to 31 m Maximum Reported Size: 42 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little) References: Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Sunderland (1989c) {W}M; E. H. Vokes (1989) D; ANSP d; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) S Combining Genera: Tripterotyphis
Murex cancellatusSowerby II, 1841a, p. 143, [Sowerby II (1841b): pl. 190, fig. 79] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 23°N to 9.4°N; 82.3°W to 81°W Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm Distribution: Panama, Cuba: North Havana Province References: Sowerby II (1841a) M; Jaume & Sarasúa (1943); Sarasúa (1944); Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) NW; Olsson & McGinty (1958) SE; E. H. Vokes (1989) s Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791; Sowerby (1841a) erroneously cited fig. 75 instead of 79 of his Conchological Illustrations.
Partial List of References
Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23 119-124. Sowerby, G. B., II. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of Murex, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8 137-147. [Stated date: -- --- 1840; true date: -- Jul 1841.]
