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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum guttatum (Dillwyn, 1817)


Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 91°W to 75.9°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0.3 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26  mm

Synonymy

Voluta guttata Dillwyn, 1817
Marginella longivaricosa Lamarck, 1822
Marginella coniformis Sowerby I, 1850
Marginella vesiculata Mörch, 1852

Details


Voluta guttata Dillwyn, 1817, p. 526, [Martini, 1773, pl. 42, fig. 417-418]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Solander MS
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 91°W to 75.9°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0.3 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Holguin; Jamaica
References: Bayer (1943) M; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Britton (1975) d; Fernández Milera (1998); Vegas Torres (2004) E; Cossignani (2006e) D

Marginella coniformis Sowerby I, 1850, 
[Synonym]

Marginella longivaricosa Lamarck, 1822b, p. 358
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sénégal
Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Melvill (1881) NSEW

Marginella vesiculata Mörch, 1852, p. 120, Not figured
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Martyn (1784)
Type Locality: Senegal

Marginella vexiculata sic, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Honduras, Bahamas, Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: Tortola
Comments: Misspelling by Arango (1880).


Partial List of References

Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertčbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertčbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus Primus  [vi] + 170 pp. Hafniae. [Stated date: -- --- 1852; true date: pre 1 Oct.]

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