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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)


Range: 19°N to 41.77°S; 74°W to 51°W
Depth: 1.5 to 65 m
Maximum Reported Size: 14  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum roseum Mühlfeld, 1818
Terebra obesa Hinds, 1844
Terebra metcalfei Reeve, 1860

Details


Terebra obesa Hinds, 1844b, p. 158, [Hinds 1845, pl. 45, fig. 106]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 18°N to 36°S; 74°W to 51°W
Depth: 1.5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.5 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Haiti, St. Martin/St. Maarten, Argentina
References: Faber (1990b) v; Díaz & Puyana (1994) NSEWM; Faber (2004c) Dd

Terebra metcalfei Reeve, 1860,  pl. 26, fig. 139
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 19°N to 41.77°S; 69°W to 51°W
Depth: 13 to 65 m
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: Dominican Republic, Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Castellanos (1970a) {S}; Radwin (1978) NWT; Castellanos (1982a) DS; Faber (1990b) s
Comments: Spelled metcalfii by Reeve (1860a) on plate caption, metcalfei in index. Both were issued in June, 1860, so the latter, which is more common in the literature is used here as the correct spelling.

Buccinum roseum Mühlfeld, 1818, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Faber (2004c) s?
Comments: Name has priority if synonymy is correct.


Partial List of References

Hinds, R. B. 1844. Descriptions of new shells, collected during the voyage of the Sulphur, and in Mr. Cumings's late visit to the Philippines Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11 149-168. [Stated date: -- --- 1843.]
Reeve, L. 1860. Monograph of the genus Terebra Conchologia Iconica 12 pls. 1-27

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