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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Peristerniinae

Polygona infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 27.9°N to 23°S; 93.8°W to 37°W
Depth: 2 to 55 m (live 3 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80  mm

Synonymy

Murex infundibulum Gmelin, 1791
Turbinella infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791) 
Fusus infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791) 
Latirus infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791) 
Turbinellus infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791) 
Turbinella ananas (Röding, 1798) 
Fusus ananas Röding, 1798
Murex polygonus G. Perry, 1811
Polygona fusiformis Schumacher, 1817

Details


Murex infundibulum Gmelin, 1791, p. 3554-3555, [Lister pl. 921, fig. 14; Bonanni 3, fig. 104; Seba 3, pl. 50, fig. 54; Chemnitz 1780, vign. 39, f.A]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 27.9°N to 23°S; 93.8°W to 37°W
Depth: 2 to 55 m (live 3 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Carabobo, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Para, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
References: Lamarck (1822b) {M}; Dautzenberg (1900); McGinty & McGinty (1957) N; Usticke (1959) M; Lipka (1974) NW; Princz (1978b); Díaz et al. (1990) L; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vermeij & Snyder (2006) c
Combining Genera:  Fusus Latirus Turbinella Turbinellus

Fusus ananas Röding, 1798, p. 119, [Lister pl. 921, fig. 14; Martini 4, pl. 143, ving. 39, f. A]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Krebs (1864: 16)
Comments: Based on Murex infundibulum Gmelin, 1791.
Combining Genera:  Turbinella

Polygona fusiformis Schumacher, 1817, p. 241-242, [Chemnitz, 1780, vign. 39, fig. a]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Reeve (1847b) s

Murex polygonus G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 11, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Deshayes (1843: 386) s
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791.


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
Schumacher, C. F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systčme des Habitations des Vers Testacés  [iv] + 287 pp., 22 pls. Schultz: Copenhague. [Stated date: -- --- 1817; true date: post 1 Mar.]

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