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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831


Range: 55°S to 55°S; 69°W
Maximum Reported Size: 101  mm

Synonymy

Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831
Fissurella violacea Rathke, 1833
Fissurella grandis Sowerby I, 1835

Details


Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 55°S to 55°S; 69°W
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: McLean (1984b) SE

Fissurella grandis Sowerby I, 1835a, p. [Sowerby I (1835b): 123], pl. 75, fig. 48
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Valparaiso and Chiloe
Maximum Reported Size: 101 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: McLean (1984b) sTM

Fissurella violacea Rathke, 1833, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Eschscholtz MS
Distribution: Chile
References: McLean (1984b) s


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Fissurella Conchological Illustrations pls. 72-75 [True date: -- Jan 1835.]

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