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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum storeria (Couthouy, 1837)


Range: 11°N to 9.4°N; 79.9°W to 63.8°W
Depth: 15 to 15 m (live 15 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.7  mm

Synonymy

Marginella storeria Couthouy, 1837
Egouena storeria (Couthouy, 1837) 

Details


Marginella storeria Couthouy, 1837, p. 440-443, pl. 9, fig. 1-2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Southern coasts of the Gulf of Mexico [in error?]
Range: 11°N to 9.4°N; 79.9°W to 63.8°W
Depth: 15 m (live 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.7 mm
Distribution: Panama, Venezuela: Isla Margarita
References: Couthouy (1837) M; Coovert & Coovert (1990) DdLl; Cossignani (2006e) NE
Comments: The type locality in the southern Gulf of Mexico and Dall's (1889) record from West Florida are apparently erroneous, as no specimens have subsequently been reported from this area.
Combining Genera:  Egouena


Partial List of References

Couthouy, J. P. 1837. Description of a new species of the genus Marginella (Lam.) with some observations upon the same. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 440-443, pl. 9. [Stated date: -- May 1837.]

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