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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 77.58°N to 42°N; 93°W to 0°W
Depth: 18 to 475 m (live 18 to 300 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 96  mm

Synonymy

Tritonium norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Chrysodomus norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Strombella norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Fusus norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Murex norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Trophon norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Strombus norwegicus Gmelin, 1791
Neptunea largillierti (Petit, 1851) 
Fusus largillierti Petit, 1851

Details


Strombus norwegicus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3520-3521, [Chemnitz 1788, pl. 157, figs. 1497-1498]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1788)
Type Locality: Norwegiae littora
Range: 77.58°N to 42°N; 93°W to 0°W
Depth: 18 to 475 m (live 18 to 300 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Quebec; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) {D}; Thorson (1944) dLlN; Macpherson (1971) {LlN}WM; Clarke (1974) D; Bouchet & Warén (1985) S; Alexeyev (2003)
Combining Genera:  Chrysodomus Fusus Murex Strombella Tritonium Trophon

Fusus largillierti Petit, 1851b, p. 255, pl. 7, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: mers de Terre-Neuve
Range: 46°N ; 53°W
Maximum Reported Size: 96 mm
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verkrüzen (1878) NSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Combining Genera:  Neptunea

Volutopsius norvegicus sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for norwegicus by Middendorff (1849b) and Verrill (1882).
Combining Genera:  Tritonium


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1851. Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Fuseau (Fusus), Lam. Journal de Conchyliologie 2 254-255, pl. 7.

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