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.
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.
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).