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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites multilineatus (De Kay, 1843)
Dubious name


Range: 41.2°N ; 73.1°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3  mm

Synonymy

Margarita multilineata De Kay, 1843
Turbo multilineatus (De Kay, 1843) 

Details


Margarita multilineata De Kay, 1843, p. 109, pl. 6, fig. 108
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: "On the coast" [probably off Massachusetts, as De Kay obtained his specimens from Couthouy, who is not known to have collected in New York]
Range: 41.2°N ; 73.1°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Connecticut
References: De Kay (1843) M; Linsley (1845) NSEW
Comments: Nomen dubium according to Stimpson (1851c).
Combining Genera:  Turbo


Partial List of References

De Kay, J. E. 1843. Mollusca Zoology of New York 5 [iii] + iv + [iv] + 271 pp., 40 pls.

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