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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Cystiscidae

Persicula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849)


Range: 26°N to 13°S; 83.9°W to 37°W
Depth: 0 to 80 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Marginella pulcherrima Gaskoin, 1849
Gibberula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849) 

Details


Marginella pulcherrima Gaskoin, 1849, p. 21-22
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 26°N to 13°S; 83.9°W to 37°W
Depth: 0 to 80 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Venezuela: Los Testigos; Puerto Rico, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia
References: Dautzenberg (1900) D; Britton (1975) W; F. Boyer (2004); Faber (2006f)
Combining Genera:  Gibberula


Partial List of References

Gaskoin, J. S. 1849. Description of seven new secies of Marginella and two of Cypraea Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 17-23. [True date: 14 Dec 1849.]

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