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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Volvarina southwicki (C. A. Davis, 1904)


Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Marginella guttula Reeve, 1865
Marginella alba Dunker, 1869
Volvaria southwicki C. A. Davis, 1904
Marginella pericalles Tomlin, 1916

Details


Volvaria avena var. southwicki C. A. Davis, 1904, p. 128-129, pl. 4, fig. 23
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Hamilton Beach, Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Bermuda
References: C. A. Davis (1904) NSEW; Coovert & Coovert (1990)

Marginella alba Dunker, 1869, 
[Not available]
Comments: Nude name.

Marginella guttula Reeve, 1865a,  pl. 20, fig. 100
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
References: Reeve (1865a) M
Comments: Non Erato guttula Sowerby, 1837, a marginellid.

Marginella pericalles Tomlin, 1916, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
References: Kaicher (1981a: 2684) s
Comments: Replacement name for Marginella guttula Reeve, 1865, non Erato guttula Sowerby, 1837.


Partial List of References

Davis, C. A. 1904. Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands Nautilus 17 125-130, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Mar 1904.]
Reeve, L. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1, 14-27 [Stated date: -- Jan 1865.]

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