Species that contain: Venefica and procera [ 1 ] records

procerum, Nettastoma Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1883:224 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 10 (no. 5); ref. 1838] North Atlantic, 33°35'20"-34°00'30"N, 76°-76°10'30", depth 178-647 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 25902 (1), 25903 (1, missing); USNM 153585 [ex MCZ 28035] (1, in 3 pieces). Type catalog: Smith 1994:27 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Venefica procera (Goode & Bean 1883) -- (Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:67, 174, 229, 314 [ref. 8379], Smith 1989:605 [ref. 13285], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:324 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:126 [ref. 24555], Smith 2003:754 [ref. 26989], Moore et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27076], Melo et al. 2009:9 [ref. 30460] as cf. procera, Melo et al. 2009:9 [ref. 30460], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:52 [ref. 37485], Love et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Venefica procera (Goode & Bean 1883). Nettastomatidae. Distribution: North Atlantic; southwestern Atlantic: Brazil; western Pacific: Celebs Sea (Indonesia); eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.