Range: 34°S to 40.5°S; 62.5°W to 52.3°W Depth: 26 to 100 m (live 30 to 100 m) Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm
Synonymy
Trophon plicatus auct. non Lightfoot, 1786 Trophon laciniatus auct. non Dillwyn, 1817 Murex patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1839 Trophon necocheanus Ihering, 1907
Details
Murex patagonicusd'Orbigny, 1839, p. 452 [1841], pl. 62, figs. 2-3 [1839] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: baie de San-Blas, Patagonie Range: 34.67°S to 40.5°S; 62.5°W to 52.3°W Depth: 26 to 100 m (live 30 to 100 m) Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm Distribution: Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires References: d'Orbigny (1841a) SW; Powell (1951) s; Pastorino (2005a) vDdLlNEM Comments: Non Sowerby II, 1846.
Trophon laciniatus auct. non Dillwyn, 1817, [Not available] References: Pastorino (2005a) s Comments: Misidentification by Carcelles (1946).
Trophon necocheanusIhering, 1907, p. 404-405, pl. 16, fig. 106 [Synonym] Type Locality: Necochea et de Carmen de Patagones; Sierra Laziar, formation araucanienne Range: 38.6°S to 38.6°S; 58.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires References: Carcelles (1946) NSEWM; Parodiz (1996) s (of T. lamellosus); Pastorino (2005a) s Comments: Parodiz (1996) located Ihering's material from Sierra Laziar, but thought it was not type material as it did not come from Necochea. However, Ihering (1907) mentioned Sierra Laziar in the original description, so this material is eligible for lectotype designation.
Trophon plicatus auct. non Lightfoot, 1786, [Not available] Range: 34°S to 34°S; 53°W Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina References: Pastorino (2005a) s Comments: Misidentification by Rios (1985) and Houart (1998, figs. 8-10).
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 54, 59-66, 68-69. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1839.] Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7 xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.
