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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)


Range: 38°S to 55.8°S; 70.75°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 137 m (live 15 to 135 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33  mm

Synonymy

Murex pallidus Broderip, 1833
Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833) 
Fusus fasciculatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
Fusus crispus Gould, 1849
Xymenopsis crispus (Gould, 1849) 
Fusus fimbriatus Hupé, 1854
Trophon pelecetus Dall, 1902
Trophon burdwoodianus Strebel, 1908

Details


Murex pallidus Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833b, p. 194
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Insulas Falkland
Range: 38°S to 55.8°S; 70.75°W to 57.5°W
Depth: 0 to 137 m (live 15 to 135 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Chubut; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Powell (1951) D{l}; Castellanos (1970a) NE; Linse (1997) S{W}; Slik (1997) d; Forcelli (2000) {M}; Linse (2002) LlMW
Combining Genera:  Fuegotrophon

Trophon crispus var. burdwoodianum Strebel, 1908, p. 38, pl. 1, figs. 15a-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Burdwood Bank, 53°45'S, 61°10'W
Range: 53.75°S to 53.75°S; 61.17°W
Depth: 150 to 137 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27.1 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank
References: Strebel (1908) DdNSEWM; Powell (1951) s

Fusus crispus Gould, 1849, p. 141, [Gould 1860, pl. 16, fig. 279-279c]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Couthouy MS
Type Locality: Orange Harbor
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Depth: 18 to 26 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEWD; Dall (1902a); Strebel (1904) dM; Powell (1951) s
Comments: Non Borson, 1821; as a valid Xymenopsis by Forcelli (2000).
Combining Genera:  Xymenopsis

Fusus fasciculatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848, p. [Rousseau 1854, p. 110], pl. 25, fig. 15-16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Détroit de Magellan
Range: 54°S to 55.7°S; 68°W to 67.5°W
Depth: 24 to 80 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Hombron & Jacquinot (1852) N; Rousseau (1854) M; Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) DdSEW; Powell (1951) s

Fusus fimbriatus Hupé, 1854, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gay
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Powell (1951) s

Trophon pelecetus Dall, 1902a, p. 535-536, [Gould 1852, pl. 16, fig. 279b]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Orange Harbor, Patagonia fide Boss et al. 1968]
Range: 45°S to 44°S
References: Forcelli (2000) s
Comments: Possibly an older name for T. pelseneeri fide Houart (1991).


Partial List of References

Broderip, W. J. and G. B. Sowerby. 1833. [The collection of Shells formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean] Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2 194-202. [True date: 13 Mar 1833.]
Dall, W. H. 1902. Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American, in the U. S. National Museum Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24(1264) 499-566, pls. 27-40.
Gould, A. A. 1849. [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121..
Hombron, J. B. and H. Jacquinot. 1848. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie  Zoologie, Mollusques pls. 9, 11-12, 14, 16-17, 19, 21-25. Gide et J. Baudry: Paris. [Stated date: 1842-1853; true date: 1848.]
Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1) 111 pp., 6 pls. [Stated date: -- --- 1908; true date: pre 17 July.]

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