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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Littorinidae

Pellilittorina setosa (E. A. Smith, 1875)


Range: 54°S to 64.82°S; 180°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 200 m (live 12 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16.9  mm

Details


Littorina setosa E. A. Smith, 1875a, p. 69, [E. A. Smith (1879), pl. 9, fig. 6]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Swain's Bay, Kerguelen's Island [3-4 fms, at extremity of promontory farthest from Royal Sound and nearest to Mt. Ross, 2 or 3 miles within entrance of bay (1879:172)]
Range: 54°S to 64.82°S; 180°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 200 m (live 12 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16.9 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank; Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula; Indian Ocean: Kerguelen
References: Strebel (1908) DM; Oliver & Picken (1984: 96) Ll; Dell (1990) dNSEW


Partial List of References

Smith, E. A. 1875. Descriptions of some new shells from Kerguelen's Island Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)16 67-73. [Stated date: -- Jul 1875.]

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