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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella sarsi (Bush, 1909)


Range: 40.05°N to 39.93°N; 70.95°W to 70.38°W
Depth: 155 to 283 m (live 155 to 283 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.6  mm

Synonymy

Eulima intermedia auct. non Cantraine, 1835
Eulima unifasciata auct. non Forbes, 1843
Eulima sarsi Bush, 1909

Details


Eulima sarsi Bush, 1909, p. 479, [Verrill 1882a, pl. 58, fig. 20]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [USFC sta. 870, 871, 874, 876, 877, 949]
Range: 40.05°N to 39.93°N; 70.95°W to 70.38°W
Depth: 155 to 283 m (live 155 to 283 m)
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
Comments: Based on Verrill's misidentification of Eulima intermedia.

Eulima intermedia auct. non Cantraine, 1835, 
[Not available]
Range: 40.05°N to 39.93°N; 70.95°W to 70.38°W
Depth: 155 to 283 m (live 155 to 283 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.6 mm
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
References: Verrill (1880) DdLlNSEWM; Warén (1988a) c
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1880:379); Eulima intermedia is an objective synonym of the European E. polita (Linnaeus, 1758), by neotype designation of Warén (1988).

Eulima unifasciata auct. non Forbes, 1843, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1909. Notes on the family Pyramidellidae American Journal of Science 27 475-484.

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