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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Mangeliinae

Mangelia ceroplasta Bush, 1885


Range: 35.38°N ; 75.41°W
Depth: 18 to 31 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5  mm

Details


Mangilia ceroplasta Bush, 1885a, p. 458-459
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 10-17 fathoms [USFC sta. 2290 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.38°N ; 75.41°W
Depth: 18 to 31 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Bush (1885a) DdM; R. I. Johnson (1989) NSEW
Comments: Non Pleurotoma ceroplasta Watson, 1881. The record off the Mississippi Delta by Parker (1956) needs confirmation.


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453-480, pl. 45.

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