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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae

Nassarius tango Scarabino, 2004


Range: 36.78°S to 36.78°S; 55.28°W
Depth: 51 to 51 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Nassa simplex E. A. Smith, 1880
Nassarius tango Scarabino, 2004

Details


Nassarius tango Scarabino, 2004b, p. 319, not figured [Cernohorsky 1975a, fig. 58]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 36°47'S, 55°17'W, 28 fathoms, off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires
Comments: New name for Nassa simplex E. A. Smith, 1880, non S. V. Wood, 1872, nec Seguenza, 1880.

Nassa (Caesia) simplex E. A. Smith, 1880, p. 319-320, not figured [Cernohorsky 1975a, fig. 58]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 36°47'S, 55°17'W, 28 fathoms, off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata
Range: 36.78°S to 36.78°S; 55.28°W
Depth: 51 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: E. A. Smith (1880) DdNSEWM; Cernohorsky (1975a) T
Comments: Non S. V. Wood, 1872 nec Seguenza, 1880.


Partial List of References

Scarabino, F. 2004. Lista sistemática de los Gastropoda marinos y estuarinos vivientes de Uruguay Comunicaciones de la Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay 8 305-346.
Smith, E. A. 1880. Descriptions of five new species of shells from Uruguay Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6 319-322.

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