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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Belomitra pourtalesii (Dall, 1881)


Range: 30.98°N to 17.62°N; 85°W to 64.81°W
Depth: 454 to 1620 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma pourtalesii Dall, 1881
Mangelia pourtalesii (Dall, 1881) 
Pleurotoma exsculpta Watson, 1882
Clionella exsculpta (Watson, 1882) 
Mangelia exsculpta (Watson, 1882) 
Mangelia areia (Dall, 1927) 
Mangilia areia Dall, 1927

Details


Pleurotoma (Mangilia) pourtalesii Dall, 1881, p. 60
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Bed of the Gulf Stream
Range: 24°N to 17.82°N; 79°W to 78.35°W
Depth: 1620 m
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Dall (1881) NW; UWI (Zoology) DdSEM
Combining Genera:  Mangelia

Mangilia? areia Dall, 1927b, p. 41
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Albatross sta. 2668, off Fernandina, Florida [actually off Georgia], 30°58'N, 79°38'W, 294 fathoms
Range: 30.98°N ; 79.64°W
Depth: 538 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia
References: Dall (1927b) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1986a) s
Combining Genera:  Mangelia

Pleurotoma (Drillia) exsculpta Watson, 1882a, p. 247-248, [Watson 1886, pl. 24, figs. 2a-c]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 24, north of Culebra Island
Range: 22°N to 17.62°N; 85°W to 64.81°W
Depth: 454 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Yucatan Strait; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Watson (1882a) {SEM}; Dall (1889a) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1986a) s
Comments: Non Bellardi, 1877.
Combining Genera:  Clionella Mangelia


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]
Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886 Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667) 1-134.
Watson, R. B. 1882. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XI Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 16 247-254. [Stated date: 08 Mar 1882.]

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