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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Cylichna vortex (Dall, 1881)


Range: 41.59°N to 24.13°N; 84.58°W to 65.79°W
Depth: 596 to 2480 m (live 1792 to 2359 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 29  mm

Details


Utriculus (?) vortex Dall, 1881, p. 100-101
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 43 and 44, off Dry Tortugas, 339-539 fms.
Range: 41.59°N to 24.13°N; 84.58°W to 65.79°W
Depth: 596 to 2480 m (live 1792 to 2359 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida: West Florida; USA: South of Dry Tortugas, Florida
References: Dall (1881) W; Bush (1893) DdLlNEM


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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