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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae

Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say, 1822)


Range: 48°N to 28.5°N; 81.1°W to 64°W
Depth: 0 to 12 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 38.2  mm

Synonymy

Nassa obsoleta Say, 1822
Buccinum obsoleta (Say, 1822) 
Alectrion obsoleta (Say, 1822) 
Nassarius obsoleta (Say, 1822) 
Buccinum noveboracense W. Wood, 1828
Buccinum oliviforme Kiener, 1834

Details


Nassa obsoleta Say, 1822a, p. 232-234
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [Eastern] United States
Range: 48°N to 28.5°N; 81.1°W to 64°W
Depth: 0 to 12 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 38.2 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida
References: Kurtz (1860); Melvill (1881); Bousfield (1964) N; Porter (1974) D; Mikkelsen et al. (1995) S; Prezant et al. (2002) W; ANSP M (subfossil)
Comments: Introduced in the Eastern Pacific.
Combining Genera:  Alectrion Buccinum Nassarius

Buccinum noveboracense W. Wood, 1828, p. 13, 31, pl. 4, fig. 26
[Synonym]
Type Locality: New York
Distribution: USA: New York
References: Cernohorsky (1984) s

Buccinum oliviforme Kiener, 1834b, p. 70, pl. 25, fig. 99
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Amérique du Nord
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
References: Kiener (1834b) M; Cernohorsky (1984) s


Partial List of References

Kiener, L. C. 1834. Genre Buccin. Buccinum de Linné Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 9 1-108, pls. 1-29
Say, T. 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 221-248, 257-276, 302-325. [Stated date: -- Jun 1822; true date: -- Jul 1822.]
Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus  viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. [Stated date: post 17 May.]

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