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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon truncatus (Ström, 1768)


Range: 70°N to 41°N; 88°W to 0°W
Depth: 3 to 145 m (live 6 to 145 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum truncatum Ström, 1768
Trophonopsis truncatus (Ström, 1768) 
Boreotrophon truncatus (Ström, 1768) 
Murex truncatus (Ström, 1768) 
Murex bamffius auct. non Donovan, 1804
Fusus bamffius auct. non Donovan, 1804
Trophon albus Jeffreys, 1867
Trophon scalaris Jeffreys, 1867
Trophon abbreviatus Mörch, 1869
Trophon major Brögger, 1901
Boreotrophon beringi Dall, 1902
Boreotrophon cymatus Dall, 1902
Boreotrophon pacificus Dall, 1902
Trophon attenuatus Harmer, 1918
Trophon exilis Harmer, 1918
Trophon intermedius Harmer, 1918

Details


Buccinum truncatum Ström, 1768, p. 309, pl. 16, fig. 26
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Norway
Range: 70°N to 41°N; 88°W to 0°W
Depth: 3 to 145 m (live 6 to 145 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Dall (1902a); Procter (1933) {dl}; Thorson (1944) dl; Macpherson (1971) LNEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) c; Alexeyev (2003)
Combining Genera:  Boreotrophon Murex Trophonopsis

Trophon abbreviatus Mörch, 1869, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Trophon truncatus var. alba Jeffreys, 1867a, p. 320
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Zetlandic [Shetland]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Trophon attenuatus Harmer, 1918, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Murex bamffius auct. non Donovan, 1804, 
[Not available]
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Fusus

Boreotrophon beringi Dall, 1902a, p. 544, [Dall 1921, pl. 10, fig. 6]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: North end of Nunivak Island, Bering Sea; Cook's Inlet; Northern Japan
References: Baxter (1987) s

Boreotrophon cepula var. cymatus Dall, 1902a, p. 548, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West of Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, 71 fathoms
References: Baxter (1987) s

Trophon exilis Harmer, 1918, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Trophon intermedius Harmer, 1918, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Trophon major Brögger, 1901, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Boreotrophon pacificus Dall, 1902a, p. 544, [Dall 1921, pl. 11, fig. 5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sea Horse Islands, Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Sitka Harbor, Alaska
References: Baxter (1987) s

Trophon truncatus var. scalaris Jeffreys, 1867a, p. 320
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Zetlandic [Shetland]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1902. Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American, in the U. S. National Museum Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24(1264) 499-566, pls. 27-40.
Jeffreys, J. G. 1867. British conchology British Conchology 4 [ii] + 486 pp., frontispiece, 8 pls. John Van Voorst: London.
Ström, J. 1768. Beschreibung Norwegischer Insecten Königl. Norwegischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften Schriften aus dem Dänischen übersext 4 265-310, pl. 16.

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