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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutomitridae

Volutomitra bairdii (Dall, 1889)


Range: 32.41°N to 28°N; 91°W to 76.93°W
Depth: 680 to 966 m (live 966 to 966 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35  mm

Details


Mitra (Turris ?) bairdii Dall, 1889a, p. 161-162
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2628, 100 miles SE by S. ½ S. from Cape Fear, N. C.
Range: 32.41°N to 28°N; 91°W to 76.93°W
Depth: 680 to 966 m (live 966 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Louisiana
References: Dall (1889a) DLlNE; García & Lee (2004) dSW
Comments: Bouchet & Warén (1985) stated that the radula is mitracean.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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