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Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Urosalpinx floridana. Conrad, 1969. American Journal of Conchology 5: 106, pl. 12, fig. 4 - catalog no. 36551)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Urosalpinx floridana. Conrad, 1969. American Journal of Conchology 5: 106, pl. 12, fig. 4 - catalog no. 36551)

406356  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406356)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Muricinae (Subfamily)
  10. Calotrophon (Genus)
  11. Calotrophon ostrearum (Species)
accepted
Species
Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Muricidea floridana (Conrad, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Muricidea ostrearum (Conrad, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Urosalpinx floridana Conrad, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846) Conrad, T. A. (1846). Descriptions of new species of fossil and Recent shells and corals. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(1): 19-27, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659288
page(s): 25 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406356 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Murex ostrearum Conrad, 1846) Conrad, T. A. (1846). Descriptions of new species of fossil and Recent shells and corals. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(1): 19-27, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659288
page(s): 25 [details] 

original description (of Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 †) Petuch, E. J. (1988). <i>Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 217 pp., 23 figs + unnumbered figs, 39 pls. [details] 

original description (of Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus <i>Fusus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 4, pls 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-8, November 1847; pls 9-14, December 1847; pls 15-18, January 1848; pl. 19, February 1848; pls 20-21, April 1848]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375946 [details] 

original description (of Cantharus perplexus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 †) Olsson, A. A.; Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Urosalpinx floridana. Conrad, 1969. American Journal of Conchology 5: 106, pl. 12, fig. 4 - catalog no. 36551) (from synonym Urosalpinx floridana Conrad, 1869)
To Conchology (Calotrophon ostrearum) 
To Malacopics (Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846) United States, Florida, Gulf County, off Port St. Joe, shallow water, in grass beds near Tulipa egg cases, collected 1982-00-00, ex coll. J. Trause... 
To Malacopics (Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846) United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, Stiltsville, sandy bottom, at 1.5-6 m depth, collected 1986-05-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .) 
To Malacopics (Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)) 
To Malacopics (Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)) 
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