Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881) Huang & Lin, 2020

Huang, Shih-I & Lin, Ming-Hui, 2020, Verticosta n. gen. from Taiwan, Philippine, Gulf of Oman and North Atlantic Ocean (GASTROPODA, CAPULIDAE), Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan 43, pp. 13-24 : 16-17

Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881) n. comb.

大西洋毛螺

(Plate 1, figs. 1-2)

Trichotropis migrans Dall, 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" Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R, Bartlett, U. S. K, Commanding. XV. Preliminary Report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Vol. 9, page 71. Type locality: Sigsbee near Havana, 150 m depth.

Mesostoma migrans (Dall, 1881) — Dall, 1889 — Reports on the Results of Dredging, 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" Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. E. Bartlett, U. S. N., Commanding. XXIX — Report on the Mollusca. Preliminary Report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Vol. 18, page 71; plate 19, fig. 8.

ADDITIONAL METERIAL STUDIED

Shell height 13.84 mm x width 9.68 mm, Guadeloupe, 250 m depth. Coll. Huang.

Shell height 1 0.79 mm x width 8.21 mm, Guadeloupe, 250 m depth. Coll. Huang.

RANGE AND HABITAT

North Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina to East Florida; Mexican Gulf, Campeche Bank of Mexico, Florida Key to Havana; Caribbean Sea, Barbados and Guadeloupe; Amapa of Brazil; Range: 33.87°N to 4°N; 90.5°W to 51°W; Depth: 65 to 366 m ( Rosenberg, 2009).