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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Dentimargo sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 18°N to 4°N; 75.5°W to 51°W
Depth: 29 to 71 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5  mm

Synonymy

Marginella sulcata d'Orbigny, 1842
Marginella striata Sowerby II, 1846
Marginella lasallei Talavera & Princz, 1985

Details


Marginella sulcata d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 102, pl. 21, figs. 14-16
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Martinique
Range: 18°N to 10.5°N; 75.5°W to 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Martinique
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) EM; Díaz & Puyana (1994) SW

Marginella lasallei Talavera & Princz, 1985, p. 276-277, figs. 1-[2]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Five stations between Isla Margarita and Los Testigos, Venezuela
Range: 11.5°N to 4°N; 64.17°W to 51°W
Depth: 29 to 71 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Brazil: Amapa
References: Talavera & Princz (1985) DdNEM; Rios (1994) SW; Díaz & Puyana (1994) s

Marginella striata Sowerby II, 1846, p. 375-376, pl. 75, fig. 81-82
[Synonym]
Type Locality: North America
Range: 18°N to 18.5°N; 66°W to 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Dall & Simpson (1901) NSEW; Jousseaume (1875) s; Cossignani (2006e) sTM
Comments: Arango's (1880) record from Cuba needs confirmation.


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1846. Monograph of the genus Marginella Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 373-406, pls. 74-78 [True date: pre Nov 27.]
Talavera, F. G. and D. Princz. 1985. Marginella lasallei spec. nov. y revision de la familia Marginellidae en el mar Venezolana Bollettino Malacologico 20 273-282. [Stated date: -- Dec 1984; true date: -- Mar 1985.]

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