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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Stromboidea: Aporrhaidae

Aporrhais occidentalis (Beck, 1836)


Range: 66.82°N to 36°N; 79°W to 56.47°W
Depth: 3.5 to 1829 m (live 37 to 658 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 70  mm

Synonymy

Rostellaria occidentalis Beck, 1836
Drepanocheilus occidentalis (Beck, 1836) 
Chenopus occidentalis (Beck, 1836) 
Aporrhais mainensis C. W. Johnson, 1926
Aporrhais labradorensis C. W. Johnson, 1930

Details


Rostellaria occidentalis Beck, 1836,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 66.82°N to 36°N; 79°W to 56.47°W
Depth: 3.5 to 1829 m (live 37 to 658 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina
References: Gould (1870) l; Posselt & Jensen (1899) NE; Bush (1893) Dd; Clarke (1954b) {D}L; Bousfield (1964) {d}; Macpherson (1971) {N}W; Kronenberg (1991) M; Simone (2005a)
Combining Genera:  Chenopus Drepanocheilus

Aporrhais labradorensis C. W. Johnson, 1930, 
[Synonym]
Depth: 13 to 110 m

Aporrhais mainensis C. W. Johnson, 1926, 
[Synonym]



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