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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Neptunea lyrata decemcostata (Say, 1826)


Range: 47°N to 36°N; 74°W to 53°W
Depth: 4 to 1207 m (live 8 to 658 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 100  mm

Synonymy

Chrysodomus decemcostata (Say, 1826) 
Tritonium decemcostata (Say, 1826) 
Fusus decemcostatus Say, 1826
Neptunea turnerae Clarke, 1956

Details


Fusus 10-costatus Say, 1826, p. 214-215
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Coast near Boston
Range: 47°N to 36°N; 74°W to 53°W
Depth: 4 to 1207 m (live 8 to 658 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 100 mm
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina
References: Procter (1933) Ll; Clarke (1954b) DL; Clarke (1956) S; Bousfield (1964) DdE
Comments: The nominate subspecies, Neptunea lyrata lyrata occurs in the Eastern Pacific.
Combining Genera:  Chrysodomus Tritonium

Neptunea turnerae Clarke, 1956, 
[Synonym]


Partial List of References

Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.]

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