Range: 12°N to 9.1°S; 74°W to 35.2°W Depth: 3 to 15 m Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Synonymy
Marginella obesa Redfield, 1846 Marginella similis Sowerby II, 1846
Details
Marginella obesa Redfield, 1846, [Basis of the current name] Range: 12°N to 9.1°S; 74°W to 35.2°W Depth: 3 to 15 m Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm Distribution: Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Alagoas References: Dautzenberg (1900) DW; Roth & Emerson (1982); Lipe (1991) M; Boyer, Neefs & Wakefield (1998) NS{E}V; Macsotay & Campos (2001) SE; Cossignani (2006e) d; Faber (2006f) Comments: Non Sowerby, 1846 (Nov.); Roth & Emerson (1982) consider this a synonym of and Lipe treats it a subspecies of P. porcellana.
Marginella similisSowerby II, 1846, p. 396, pl. 78, figs. 206-207 [Synonym] Type Locality: Brazil [in error?] Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm References: Sowerby II (1846) M; Redfield (1848) s; Roth & Emerson (1982) Comments: Also described by Sowerby I (1846, p. 47).
Partial List of References
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1846. Monograph of the genus Marginella Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 373-406, pls. 74-78 [True date: pre Nov 27.]
