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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites argentatus (Gould, 1841)


Range: 44.8°N to 42.3°N; 71.5°W to 66.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3  mm

Synonymy

Margarita argentata Gould, 1841
Margarita gigantea Leche, 1878

Details


Margarita argentata Gould, 1841, p. 256, 373, fig. 174*
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape Ann and Cohasset, Massachusetts
Range: 44.8°N to 42.3°N; 71.5°W to 66.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts
References: Gould (1841) SWM; Gould (1870) NE; Macpherson (1971) s; Baxter (1987) v

Margarita argentata var. gigantea Leche, 1878, p. 43, pl. 1, fig. 2
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Several localities on Novaya Zemlya


Partial List of References

Gould, A. A. 1841. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts  xiii + 373 pp. Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State: Cambridge, Massachusetts. [True date: pre Oct.]
Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.]

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