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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Turritellidae

Tachyrhynchus erosus (Couthouy, 1838)


Range: 75°N to 42.5°N; 125°W to 45°W
Depth: 13 to 457 m (live 13 to 68 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35  mm

Synonymy

Turritella erosa Couthouy, 1838
Turritella polaris Möller, 1842
Tachyrhynchus major Dall, 1919

Details


Turritella erosa Couthouy, 1838, p. 103-104, pl. 3, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Massachusetts Bay (ex pisces); Maine
Range: 75°N to 42.5°N; 125°W to 45°W
Depth: 13 to 457 m (live 13 to 68 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Labrador, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Couthouy (1838) S; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNE; Macpherson (1971) dLlWM{DN}; Alexeyev (2003)

Tachyrhynchus erosus var. major Dall, 1919b, p. 346-347
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 3253, off the Pribiloff Islands, Bering Sea
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
References: Dall (1919b) M

Turritella polaris Möller, 1842a, p. 83
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a); Schiötte & Warén (1992) s


Partial List of References

Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.]
Dall, W. H. 1919. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56(2295) 293-371. [Stated date: -- --- 1919; true date: 30 Aug 1919.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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