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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Gaza superba (Dall, 1881)


Range: 29.33°N to 6.8°N; 89.03°W to 55.2°W
Depth: 47 to 1006 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Details


Callogaza superba Dall, 1881, p. 49-50
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 153, off Montserrat, 303 fms.; 'various other localities at about the same depth' [Blake sta. 153, by lectotype selection of Clench & Abbott (1943b)]
Range: 29.33°N to 6.8°N; 89.03°W to 55.2°W
Depth: 47 to 1006 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Alabama, Louisiana; Gulf of Mexico, Florida Strait (offshore), St. Kitts/St. Christopher, Montserrat, Dominica, Surinam
References: Dall (1881) {E}; Clench & Abbott (1943b) T; Springer & Bullis (1956) N{W}; Quinn (1991b) {d}; Simone & Cunha (2006) dSEW
Comments: See also superba auct. = olivacea.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]

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