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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum pruinosum (Hinds, 1844)


Range: 22°N to 14°N; 90.5°W to 64.6°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Marginella pruinosa Hinds, 1844
Egouena pruinosum (Hinds, 1844) 
Marginella nivea C. B. Adams, 1850
Egouena niveum (C. B. Adams, 1850) 

Details


Marginella pruinosa Hinds, 1844d, p. 74-75
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 22°N to 14°N; 90.5°W to 64.6°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Nicaragua, Panama; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Abbott (1958) {d}; Usticke (1959) SE; Petuch (1998a) dS; Cossignani (2006e) DM
Combining Genera:  Egouena

Marginella nivea C. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 56, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9.4 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850c) NSEWM; Abbott (1958) s
Combining Genera:  Egouena

Prunum pruniosum sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for pruinosum by Abbott (1958).


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.]
Hinds, R. B. 1844. Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulfur, and from the collection of Mr. Cuming Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 12 72-77.

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