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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Turritellidae

Tachyrhynchus reticulatus (Mighels & Adams, 1842)


Range: 72.38°N to 42.6°N; 90°W to 0°W
Depth: 3 to 2277 m (live 22 to 150 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.8  mm

Synonymy

Turritella lactea Möller, 1842
Turritella reticulata Mighels & Adams, 1842
Turritella areolata Stimpson, 1851
Alvania areolatus (Stimpson, 1851) 
Rissoa areolatus (Stimpson, 1851) 
Turritella costata Aurivillius, 1885
Turritella laevior Knipowitsch, 1902

Details


Turritella reticulata Mighels & Adams, 1842, p. 50-51, pl. 4, fig. 19
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Mighels
Type Locality: Bay Chaleur, Gulf of St. Lawrence
Range: 72.38°N to 44°N; 90°W to 0°W
Depth: 3 to 2277 m (live 22 to 150 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.8 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) N; Macpherson (1971) lW{LNM}; Thorson (1944) LEM

Turritella areolata Stimpson, 1851b, p. 16, Not figured
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Off Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Range: 42.6°N ; 70.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Stimpson (1851b) NSEWM; Rosenberg (herein) s?
Comments: Rejected by Warén (1974) from Rissoidae; placed here based on original description.
Combining Genera:  Alvania Rissoa

Turritella costata Aurivillius, 1885, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Turritella lactea Möller, 1842a, p. 82
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Turritella laevior Knipowitsch, 1902, 
[Synonym]


Partial List of References

Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Stimpson, W. 1851. Notices of several species of testaceous Mollusca new to Massachusetts Bay, including new species Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4 12-18. [True date: pre Sep 2.]

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