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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Prosipho mundus E. A. Smith, 1915


Range: 64.35°S to 64.82°S; 180°W to 62.97°W
Depth: 14 to 278 m (live 500 to 278 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.5  mm

Synonymy

Prosipho mundus E. A. Smith, 1915
Prosipho macleani Hedley, 1916
Prosipho madigani Hedley, 1916

Details


Prosipho mundus E. A. Smith, 1915, p. 70, pl. 1, fig. 10
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Sta. 331, off Cape Bird Peninsula, entrance to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 250 fms.
Range: 64.78°S to 64.82°S; 180°W to 63.51°W
Depth: 14 to 24 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5 mm
Distribution: Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula
References: Dell (1990) DdNSEWM; Numanami (1996)
Comments: Records from southern Brazil are presumed erroneous.

Prosipho mundus var. macleani Hedley, 1916a, p. 57, pl. 8, fig. 94
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Commonwealth Bay, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 25 fathoms
Maximum Reported Size: 8.5 mm
References: Hedley (1916a) M; Dell (1990) s

Prosipho madigani Hedley, 1916a, p. 56-57, pl. 8, fig. 93
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Commonwealth Bay, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 25 and 45-50 fathoms
Range: 64.35°S to 64.35°S; 62.97°W
Depth: 500 to 278 m (live 500 to 278 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.5 mm
Distribution: Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula
References: Powell (1951) DdLlNSEWM; Dell (1990) s


Partial List of References

Hedley, C. 1916. Mollusca Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Scientific Reports (C)4 80 pp., 9 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1916.]
Smith, E. A. 1915. Mollusca. Part I.--Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology 2 61-112, pls. 1-2. British Museum (Natural History): London. [Stated date: 27 Mar 1915.]

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