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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998


Range: 50°N to 12°N; 80°W to 10°W
Depth: 100 to 40 m (live 100 to 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.8  mm

Synonymy

Diacria maculata auct. non Bleeker & van der Spoel, 1988
Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998

Details


Diacria rubecula Bontes & van der Spoel, 1998, p. 81, fig. 2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 48°58.9'N; 30°01.3'W, Project 101A, Station 13-haul 1, 40-100 m
Range: 50°N to 12°N; 80°W to 10°W
Depth: 100 to 40 m (live 100 to 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.8 mm
Distribution: Oceanic
References: Bontes & van der Spoel (1998) DdLlNSEWM

Diacria maculata auct. non Bleeker & van der Spoel, 1988, 
[Not available]
References: Bontes & van der Spoel (1998) s
Comments: Misidentification in the original description; Diacria maculata is restricted to the Pacific according to Bontes & van der Spoel (1998).


Partial List of References

Bontes, B. and S. van der Spoel. 1998. Variation in the Diacria trispinosa groups, new interpretation of colour patterns and description of D. rubecula n. sp. (Pteropoda) Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 16 77-84. [Stated date: 18 Dec 1998.]

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