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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Ancillinae

Amalda tankervillii (Swainson, 1825)


Range: 12°N to 10.8°N; 70°W to 63.5°W
Depth: 6 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 75  mm

Synonymy

Ancillaria tankervillii Swainson, 1825
Ancilla tankervillii (Swainson, 1825) 
Ancilla venezuelana Weisbord, 1962

Details


Ancillaria tankervillii Swainson, 1825, p. 283
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 12°N to 10.8°N; 70°W to 63.5°W
Depth: 6 to 70 m
Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Vargas, Sucre, Isla Margarita
References: Petuch (1981a) W; Voskuil (1991) {D}; Macsotay & Campos (2001) SE; Sterba (2003) D
Combining Genera:  Ancilla

Ancilla tankervillei sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for A. tankervillii by Rios (1975).

Ancilla (Eburna) venezuelana Weisbord, 1962, p. 393-395, pl. 36, figs. 5-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Range: 12°N to 11.03°N; 70°W to 64.73°W
Depth: 35 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 53 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon, Carabobo, Miranda, Isla Margarita
References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) sM; Petuch (1981a) DSE; Petuch (1987) dNWM


Partial List of References

Swainson, W. 1825. A monograph of the genus Ancillaria, with descriptions of several new species Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts 18 272-289. [Stated date: -- Jan 1825.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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