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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum saulcyanum (Petit, 1851)


Range: 22°S to 22°S; 41°W
Depth: 64 to 64 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Marginella saulcyana Petit, 1851
Egouena saulcyanum (Petit, 1851) 
Marginella loroisii Bernardi, 1857

Details


Marginella saulcyana Petit, 1851a, p. 47-48, pl. 1, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Côte du Brésil, par le travers du cap S.-Thomé
Range: 22°S to 22°S; 41°W
Depth: 64 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Petit (1851a) DdNSEWM
Comments: Reeve's (1865a) records from the West Indies and Venezuela need confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Egouena

Prunum loroisee sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for loroisii by Wagner & Abbott (1978).

Marginella loroisii Bernardi, 1857, p. 291-292, pl. 8, figs. 6-7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
References: Bernardi (1857) M; Wagner & Abbott (1978) s

Marginella saulciana sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for saulcyana by Paetel (1883).


Partial List of References

Bernardi. 1857. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Marginelle Journal de Conchyliologie 5 291-292, pl. 8. [Stated date: -- Jan 1857.]
Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1851. Notice sur le genre Marginelle, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de ce genre Journal de Conchyliologie 2 38-59, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 25 May 1851.]

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