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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Rapaninae

Mancinella nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Dubious name


Synonymy

Buccinum nodulosum Gmelin, 1791
Murex morbosus Dillwyn, 1817

Details


Buccinum nodulosum Gmelin, 1791, p. 3496, [Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 123, fig. 1140]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'insularum Americae australi'
Comments: Possibly an older name for Mancinella deltoidea.

Murex morbosus Dillwyn, 1817, p. 709, [Lister pl. 990, fig. 51; Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 123, fig. 1140]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Solander MS
Type Locality: West India Islands
Comments: Dillwyn (1823) excludes his 1817 reference to Lister pl. 990b, fig. 52.


Partial List of References

Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.

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