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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Papuliscala praelonga (Jeffreys, 1877)


Range: 56.18°N to 18.64°N; 65.09°W to 9.93°W
Depth: 713 to 2650 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877
Fenella elongata auct. non Watson, 1881
Finella elongata auct. non Watson, 1881
Dunkeria scalariformis Folin, 1887

Details


Acirsa praelonga Jeffreys, 1877, p. 241-242
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Valorous sta. 12 and Porcupine Expedition 1870 off Portugal [Porcupine sta. 16, 39°55'N, 09°56'W, 994 fathoms (Warén 1980)]
Range: 56.18°N ; 37.68°W to 9.93°W
Depth: 2650 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
References: Jeffreys (1877) DdNSW; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) cE

Fenella elongata auct. non Watson, 1881a, 
[Not available]
Range: 18.64°N ; 65.09°W
Depth: 713 m
Distribution: Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Watson (1881a) DdNSEWM; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Watson (1881a, in part); the paralectotypes are not conspecific with the holotype.
Combining Genera:  Finella

Dunkeria scalariformis Folin, 1887, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s


Partial List of References

Jeffreys, J. G. 1877. New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the 'Valorous' Expedition Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19 231-243.

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