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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)


Range: 50.48°S to 72.82°S; 62°W to 19.48°W
Depth: 152 to 535 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915
Balcis solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915) 
Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916

Details


Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915, p. 64, pl. 1, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Sta. 331, off Cape Bird Peninsula, entrance to McMurdo Sound, 250 fms.
Range: 50.48°S to 72.82°S; 62°W to 19.48°W
Depth: 152 to 535 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea
References: Castellanos (1981) {N}W; Castellanos (1982a) dN; Hain (1990) DSEM; Numanami (1996) c; Engl (2004a) T
Combining Genera:  Balcis

Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916a, p. 49-50, pl. 7, fig. 79
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, 25 fathoms
Maximum Reported Size: 4.75 mm
References: Hedley (1916a) M; Dell (1990) s


Partial List of References

Hedley, C. 1916. Mollusca Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Scientific Reports (C)4 80 pp., 9 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1916.]
Smith, E. A. 1915. Mollusca. Part I.--Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology 2 61-112, pls. 1-2. British Museum (Natural History): London. [Stated date: 27 Mar 1915.]

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