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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834)


Range: 35°N to 23°S; 92°W to 33.8°W
Depth: 0 to 80 m (live 5 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Marginella avena Kiener, 1834
Hyalina avena (Kiener, 1834) 
Marginella varia Sowerby II, 1846
Marginella beyerleana Bernardi, 1853
Marginella livida Reeve, 1865
Volvarina vermiculata Jousseaume, 1875
Marginella perrieri Bavay, 1906

Details


Marginella avena Kiener, 1834a, p. 17-18, pl. 6, fig. 24
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Valenciennes MS
Type Locality: Mers des Indes Occidentales
Range: 35°N to 23°S; 92°W to 33.8°W
Depth: 0 to 80 m (live 5 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12.7 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Islas de Aves, Islas Los Roques, Isla Orchila, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Cuba: North Matanzas; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Anguilla, Guadeloupe; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique, Grenada; Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Abrolhos Islands, Rio de Janeiro
References: Houbrick (1968) d; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) D; Díaz et al. (1990) Ll; Fernández Milera (1998); F. Boyer (2000) T; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Hewitt (2005a); Cossignani (2006e) M
Combining Genera:  Hyalina

Marginella avenacea sic, 
[Not available]
References: Boyer (2000) s
Comments: Error for avena by Deshayes (1844); see also Prunum bellulum.

Marginella beyerleana Bernardi, 1853, p. 149-150, pl. 5, figs. 15-16
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 22.5°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 12 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12.5 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Panama
References: Bernardi (1853) M; Olsson & McGinty (1958) dSE; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) NW; F. Boyer (2000) s

Marginella livida Reeve, 1865a,  pl. 20, fig. 100
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 8.3 mm
References: Reeve (1865a) M; Talavera & Princz (1985) s
Comments: Non Hinds, 1844, replaced by V. vermiculata Jousseaume, 1875.

Marginella (Volvarina) perrieri Bavay, 1906b, p. 248-249, pl. 7, figs. 5-6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Malouines Insulas (Falkland) [in error, corrected to Rio de Janeiro by Boyer (2000)]
Range: 23°S to 23°S; 43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10.8 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Forcelli (2000) s (of V. warreni); F. Boyer (2000) sTM; Cossignani (2006e)

Marginella varia Sowerby II, 1846, p. 390, pl. 76, figs. 137, 139-140
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 16°N ; 88°W to 86.5°W
Depth: 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Belize, Honduras
References: Sowerby II (1846) W; Jousseaume (1875) s; Lipe & Sunderland (1991) DdNSEM; F. Boyer (2000) s; Cossignani (2006e)
Comments: Also described by Sowerby I (1846, p. 97); figs. 138 and 141 in Sowerby II (1846) are not part of the type series, being cited as varieties.

Volvarina vermiculata Jousseaume, 1875, p. 229
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s
Comments: New name for M. livida Reeve, 1865, non Hinds, 1844.


Partial List of References

Bavay, A. 1906. Sur quelques coquilles oubliées de Muséum de Paris Journal de Conchyliologie 53 248-256, pl. 7. [True date: 23 Feb 1906.]
Bernardi. 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles (Conus et Marginella) Journal de Conchyliologie 4 149-150, pls. 5-6. [Stated date: 01 May 1853.]
Jousseaume, F. P. 1875. Coquilles de la famille des marginelles Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 3 164-271, pls. 7-8.
Kiener, L. C. 1834. Genre Marginelle. (Marginella, Lamarck) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 3 1-30, 9 pls.
Reeve, L. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1, 14-27 [Stated date: -- Jan 1865.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1846. Monograph of the genus Marginella Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 373-406, pls. 74-78 [True date: pre Nov 27.]

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