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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Bursidae

Bursa rhodostoma rhodostoma (Sowerby II, 1835)
Not found in the Western Atlantic


Maximum Reported Size: 29  mm

Details


Ranella rhodostoma Sowerby II, 1835b, pl. 88, fig. 10
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Beck MS
Type Locality: Not stated [Sowerby II (1841a), 'ad insulam Masbate, Philippinarum']
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
References: Sowerby II (1841a) M
Comments: The subspecies Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d'Orbigny, 1847) occurs in the Western Atlantic.


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., II. 1835. Ranella Conchological Illustrations pls. 88-89 [True date: <1 Jan 1836.]

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