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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum carneum (Storer, 1837)


Range: 26.7°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 63°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 0 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Synonymy

Marginella carnea Storer, 1837
Egouena carneum (Storer, 1837) 
Marginella obscura auct. non Reeve, 1865
Marginella holboxiensis Cossignani, 2006
Marginella playensis Cossignani, 2006

Details


Marginella carnea Storer, 1837, p. 465-466, pl. 10, fig. 2 [sic, pl. 9, fig. 3-4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Key West, near the United States Barracks
Range: 26.7°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 64°W
Depth: 0 to 20 m (live 0 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Panama, Venezuela: Zulia, Falcon, Anzoategui, Sucre, Isla Margarita
References: Maury (1922) N; Bayer (1943) M; Radwin (1969) S; Britton (1975) d; Princz (1978b); Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Talavera & Princz (1985) E; Coovert & Coovert (1990) l; Cossignani (2006e); R. I. Johnson (2006) T; García (2007b) DL
Combining Genera:  Egouena

Prunum carneum f. holboxiensis Cossignani, 2006e, p. 195-196, 2 figs.
[Not available]
Attributed to: Menke (1828)
Type Locality: Punta Mosquito, Holbox Is. [Quintana Roo, Mexico]
Range: 21.5°N ; 87.3°W
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo
References: Cossignani (2006e) NSEWM
Comments: Nude name.

Marginella obscura auct. non Reeve, 1865, 
[Not available]
Range: 11°N to 10.5°N; 64.3°W to 63°W
Depth: 20 to 40 m
Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre, Los Testigos
References: Dautzenberg (1900) DdNSEW
Comments: Misidentification by Dautzenberg (1900). Reeve's species is from the Indian Ocean. The identity of Dautzenberg's material has not been determined, but it may be P. carneum, based on the synonymy by Talavera & Princz (1985).

Prunum carneum f. playensis Cossignani, 2006e, p. 196, 2 figs.
[Not available]
Type Locality: Playa del Carmen, Yucatan [Quintana Roo, Mexico]
Range: 20.6°N ; 87.05°W
Depth: 3 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo
References: Cossignani (2006e) DdNSEWM
Comments: Nude name.


Partial List of References

Cossignani, T. 2006. Marginellidae and Cystiscidae of the World  408 pp. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. [Stated date: -- Aug 2006.]
Storer, D. H. 1837. Description of a new species of Marginella Boston Journal of Natural History 1 465-466, pl. 9. [Stated date: -- May 1837.]

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