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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Peristerniinae

Teralatirus cayohuesonicus (Sowerby III, 1879)


Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 92.14°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 0 to 52 m (live 0 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Synonymy

Latirus cayohuesonicus Sowerby III, 1879
Fusilatirus cayohuesonicus (Sowerby III, 1879) 
Dolicholatirus cayohuesonicus (Sowerby III, 1879) 

Details


Latirus cayohuesonicus Sowerby III, 1879, p. 796, pl. 48, fig. 4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Key West [Florida Keys]
Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 92.14°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 0 to 52 m (live 0 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Dall (1902a); Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Usticke (1959) E{M}; Sarasúa (1970) M; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) {W}; E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) DW; García (2007b)
Comments: Melvill (1881: 15) attributes the species to Sowerby & Melvill. Dautzenberg's (1900) record for Los Testigos, Venezuela needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Dolicholatirus Fusilatirus


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., III. 1879. Descriptions of ten new species of shells Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 795-798, pl. 48. [Stated date: 05 Nov 1878; true date: -- Apr 1879.]

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