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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Scaphandridae

Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884


Range: 45.5°N to 34.42°S; 87.83°W to 0°W
Depth: 1000 to 3012 m (live 1140 to 2622 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884
Bulla millepunctata Locard, 1897
Scaphander stigmaticus Dall, 1927

Details


Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 209-210, pl. 32, figs. 18-18d
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2102, off Delaware Bay
Range: 45.5°N to 34.42°S; 87.83°W to 0°W
Depth: 1000 to 3012 m (live 1140 to 2622 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland; USA: Massachusetts, Delaware, Mississippi; Haiti; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Brazil: Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Verrill (1884) M{LN}; Bush (1893) L; Bullis (1956) {Dl}W; Ev. Marcus (1974) DlS; Clarke (1974) N; Bouchet (1975) E; R. I. Johnson (1989) T

Bulla millepunctatus Locard, 1897b, p. 52-54, pl. 2, fig. 3-6 [Valdés & Héros (1998) fig. 4i]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Talisman, 1883, dragage 76, 93, 96, 98, 134, 135, 136
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet (1975) s; Valdés & Héros (1998) T

Scaphander stigmatica Dall, 1927b, p. 26
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2127, south of Cuba
Range: 20.86°N to 19.75°N; 75.07°W to 74.37°W
Depth: 2758 to 2997 m
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
Distribution: Cuba: Guantanamo
References: Dall (1927b) DSWM; Bullis (1956) {d}; Ev. Marcus (1974) dNE; Marcus (1977b) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.
Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris.
Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.

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