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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turrinae

Polystira vibex (Dall, 1889)


Range: 28°N to 16.5°N; 82.5°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 73 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 60  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma antillarum Crosse, 1865
Pleurotoma vibex Dall, 1889

Details


Pleurotoma (albida var.?) vibex Dall, 1889a, p. 73-74
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Habana and off Saba Bank
Range: 28°N to 17.5°N; 82.5°W to 63.71°W
Depth: 73 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Cuba: North Havana Province; Saba
References: Dall (1889a) SE

Pleurotoma antillarum Crosse, 1865a, p. 34-336, pl. 1, fig. 8
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Guadelope
Range: 16.5°N ; 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 49 mm
Distribution: Guadeloupe
References: Crosse (1865a) NSEWM
Comments: Non d'Orbigny, 1847.


Partial List of References

Crosse, H. 1865. Description d'espèces nouvelles de la Guadeloupe Journal de Conchyliologie 13 27-38, pl. 1. [Stated date: 01 Jan 1865.]
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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