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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Fissurella oriens Sowerby I, 1835


Range: 52°S to 55.5°S; 75°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 70  mm

Synonymy

Fissurella mexicana Sowerby I, 1835
Fissurella oriens Sowerby I, 1835
Fissurella alba Philippi, 1845
Fissurella australis Philippi, 1845
Fissurella flavida Philippi, 1857
Fissurella arenicola Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
Fissurella doellojuradoi Pérez Farfante, 1952
Fissurella cheullina Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

Details


Fissurella oriens Sowerby I, 1835a, p. [Sowerby I (1834b): 124], pl. 71, fig. 25
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Chiloe
Range: 52°S to 55°S; 75°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
References: McLean (1984b) DdNSEWMT

Fissurella alba Philippi, 1845a, p. 61
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Fretum Magellanicum
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: McLean (1984b) s

Fissurella arenicola Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885, p. 109, [Rochbrune & Mabille 1889, pl. 5, fig. 1]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Punta-Arenas Patagoniae; Baie Orange
Range: 53°S to 55.5°S; 71°W to 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 42.2 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1885) NSEW; McLean (1984b) sM

Fissurella australis Philippi, 1845a, p. 61
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Fretum Magellanicum
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Philippi (1845a) M; McLean (1984b) s

Fissurella cheullina Ramirez-Boehme, 1974, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm
References: McLean (1984b) s

Fissurella doellojuradoi Pérez Farfante, 1952, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
References: McLean (1984b) sM

Fissurella flavida Philippi, 1857, 
[Synonym]
References: McLean (1984b) s

Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885, p. 109, [Rochbrune & Mabille 1889, pl. 5, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Punta-Arenas Patagoniae
Range: 53°S to 53°S; 71°W
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1885) NSEWM; McLean (1984b) s

Fissurella mexicana Sowerby I, 1835d,  pl. 79, fig. 61
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Real Llejos, Mexico [in error fide McLean (1984b)]
Maximum Reported Size: 40.6 mm
References: McLean (1984b) sMT

Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 55.5 mm
References: McLean (1984b) s


Partial List of References

Philippi, [R.] A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 50-71.
Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1885. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (7)9 100-111. [True date: post 30 May.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Fissurella Conchological Illustrations pls. 72-75 [True date: -- Jan 1835.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Fissurella Conchological Illustrations pls. 76-77 [True date: pre 25 May.]

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