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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & Old, 1979


Range: 22°N ; 87.3°W to 87°W
Depth: 73 to 183 m (live 73 to 183 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 173  mm

Details


Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & Old, 1979, p. 12-14, figs. 1-7
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Northwest of Contoy Light, Yucatan Channel, Mexico, 159 m
Range: 22°N ; 87.3°W to 87°W
Depth: 73 to 183 m (live 73 to 183 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 173 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo
References: Emerson & Old (1979) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Emerson, W. K. and W. E. Old, Jr. 1979. Scaphella contoyensis, a new volutid (Gastropoda) from East Mexico Nautilus 93 10-14. [Stated date: 10 Jan 1979.]

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