Range: 32.3°N to 20.5°N; 89.7°W to 64.8°W Depth: 0 to 34 m (live 0 to 3 m) Maximum Reported Size: 8.3 mm
Synonymy
Mitra foveata Sowerby II, 1874 Thala foveata (Sowerby II, 1874) Mitra floridana Dall, 1884 Thala floridana (Dall, 1884)
Details
Mitra foveataSowerby II, 1874f, p. 16, pl. 371, fig. 408 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown [Key West, Florida (by neotype designation of Rosenberg & Salisbury (2003)] Range: 32.3°N to 20.5°N; 88.3°W to 64.8°W Depth: 0 to 34 m (live 0 to 3 m) Maximum Reported Size: 8.3 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Bermuda, Bahamas: San Salvador (Watling Is.); Cuba References: Waller (1973) DNE; Rosenberg & Salisbury (2003) dLlSWTM Comments: As foveata in text, foveta on plate; foveata is correct by first revisers' choice of Rosenberg & Salisbury (2003). Combining Genera: Thala
Mitra (Mitromorpha?) floridanaDall, 1884, p. 327, pl. 10, fig. 12 [Synonym] Type Locality: Key West Range: 32.3°N to 24.6°N; 89.7°W to 64.8°W Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 0 to 1 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Alacran Reef; Bermuda, Bahamas References: Rice & Kornicker (1965:172) W; Lyons (1989b) d; Rosenberg & Salisbury (2003) C Comments: To 27.3°N in Florida (Lyons 1989b). Combining Genera: Thala
Mitra florilana sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for floridana by Rice & Kornicker (1965:172).
Partial List of References
Dall, W. H. 1884. On a collection of shells sent from Florida by Mr. Henry Hemphill Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6(384) 318-342, pl. 10. [Stated date: -- --- 1883; true date: -- Jan 1884.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1874. A monograph of the genus Mitra Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 46 pp., pls. 352-379