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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon plicatus (Lightfoot, 1786)


Range: 36.5°S to 55.5°S; 75°W to 54.73°W
Depth: 0 to 298 m (live 3 to 298 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 81  mm

Synonymy

Murex plicatus Lightfoot, 1786
Murex lamellosus Gmelin, 1791
Fusus lamellosus (Gmelin, 1791) 
Polyplex gracilis G. Perry, 1811
Fusus laciniatum Reeve, 1847
Murex laciniatus (Reeve, 1847) 
Buccinum laciniatus (Reeve, 1847) 
Trophon antarcticus Philippi, 1868

Details


Murex plicatus Lightfoot, 1786, p. 104, [Favanne, pl. 79, fig. I]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Falkland's Islands
Range: 42.5°S to 55°S; 75°W to 64.005°W
Depth: 0 to 298 m (live 3 to 298 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Chubut, Santa Cruz; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
References: Cernohorsky (1977) D; Slik (1997); Houart (1998); Pastorino (2005a) DdLlNSEWM
Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791. Pastorino (2005a) referred records from northern Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil to T. patagonicus.

Trophon antarcticus Philippi, 1868, p. 225
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Magallanes
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Philippi (1868) M; Forcelli (2000) s; Pastorino (2005a) s?

Polyplex gracilis G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 9, fig. 4
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: New Zealand [in error]
References: Cernohorsky (1977) s; Pastorino (2005a) s
Comments: Considered a nomen dubium by Petit (2003).

Fusus laciniatus Reeve, 1847c,  pl. 4, figs. 14a-c
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Martyn, 1784
Type Locality: Chonos Archipelago [Chile]
Range: 36.5°S to 55.5°S; 72°W to 54.73°W
Depth: 12 to 137 m (live 79 to 82 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 81 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Chubut, Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) dS; Strebel (1904) DE; Carcelles (1946) NEM; Powell (1951) Ll; Castellanos (1970a) W; Cernohorsky (1977) s; Pastorino (2005a) s
Comments: Non-binominal in Martyn, 1784, as Buccinum laciniatum; in synonymy in Dillwyn (1817: 730); not used as valid by Deshayes (1843: vol. 9, 591, footnote), as Murex laciniatus.
Combining Genera:  Buccinum Murex

Murex lamellosus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3536, [Martyn 2, pl. 42]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'insulas Falkland'
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
References: Cernohorsky (1977) s; Pastorino (2005a) s
Combining Genera:  Fusus


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Philippi, R. A. 1868. Conchylia nova potissimum magellanica Malakozoologische Blätter 15 222-226. [Stated date: -- Dec 1868.]
Reeve, L. 1847. Monograph of the genus Fusus Conchologia Iconica 4 pls. 1-14
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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