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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites sigaretinus (Sowerby I, 1838)
Dubious name; not Western Atlantic


Range: 53.6°S to 53.6°S; 71°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Details


Margarita sigaretina Sowerby I, 1838a, p. 24, [Sowerby II (1838a), pl. 134, fig. 14]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ad fretum Magellanicum (Port Famine)
Range: 53.6°S to 53.6°S; 71°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Sowerby I (1838a) NSEWM; Forcelli (2000) c
Comments: Nomen dubium according to Strebel (1905a).


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., I. 1838. A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita Malacological and Conchological Magazine 1 23-27.

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