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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon nucelliformis Oliver & Picken, 1984


Range: 60.72°S to 60.72°S; 45.62°W
Depth: 2 to 20 m (live 20 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23.4  mm

Synonymy

Trophon cinguliferus auct. non Pfeffer, 1886
Trophon nucelliformis Oliver & Picken, 1984

Details


Trophon nucelliformis Oliver & Picken, 1984, p. 106-109, figs. 27a-b, 30a-b, 34
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cam Rock, Borge Bay, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2-20 m
Range: 60.72°S to 60.72°S; 45.62°W
Depth: 2 to 20 m (live 20 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23.4 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Orkney Islands
References: Oliver & Picken (1984) DdLlNSEWM

Trophon cinguliferus auct. non Pfeffer, 1886, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Orkney Islands
References: Oliver & Picken (1984) s
Comments: Misidentification by Melvill & Standen (1907).


Partial List of References

Oliver, P. G. and G. B. Picken. 1984. Prosobranch gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica: Buccinacea and Muricacea British Antarctic Survey Bulletin 62 95-115.

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