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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Melongenidae

Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 21°N to 18.6°N; 92°W to 0°W
Depth: 7 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 250  mm

Synonymy

Volema perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Pyrula perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Busicon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Sinistrofulgur perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Sycotypus perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Murex perversus Linnaeus, 1758
Busycon contrarium auct. non Conrad, 1840
Pyrula kieneri Philippi, 1849
Fulgur gibbosum Conrad, 1853
Sinistrofulgur okeechobeense Petuch, 1994

Details


Murex perversus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 753, [Gualt. t. 30, f. B; Argen. t. 18, f. E]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in O[ceano] Americano
Range: 21°N to 18.6°N; 91.9°W to 90°W
Depth: 7 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 205 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State
References: Ponton (1867); B. Smith (1939) T; García-Cubas (1982) SW; ANSP M
Combining Genera:  Busicon Pyrula Sinistrofulgur Sycotypus Volema

Busycon contrarium auct. non Conrad, 1840, 
[Not available]
Range: 18.6°N; 92°W
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo
References: García-Cubas (1982) S{W}; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W

Fulgur gibbosum Conrad, 1853, 
[Synonym]

Pyrula kieneri Philippi, 1849a, p. 98
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 250 mm
References: B. Smith (1939) s

Sinistrofulgur perversum okeechobeensis Petuch, 1994, p. 316, pl. 62, figs. c, d, m
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Fort Thompson Fauna, from Weeks' pit, Lakeport, Glades County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 166 mm
References: Petuch (1994) M
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Petuch, E. J. 1994. Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells  xii + 394 pp., 100 pls. Chicago Spectrum Press: Evanston, Illinois. [Stated date: -- --- 1994; true date: pre Nov.]
Philippi, R. A. 1849. Kurze Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5 97-98. [Stated date: -- Jan 1849; true date: -- Feb 1849.]

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