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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Velutinoidea: Velutininae

Limneria undata (Brown, 1839)


Range: 81°N to 42°N; 125°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1127 m (live 18 to 240 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Morvillia undata (Brown, 1839) 
Velutina undata Brown, 1839
Morvillia zonata (Gould, 1841) 
Velutina zonata Gould, 1841
Velutina canaliculata Kröyer, 1847
Velutina grandis Mörch, 1857
Velutina grandis E. A. Smith, 1877
Morvillia expansa G. O. Sars, 1878
Velutina bifasciata Derjugin, 1950
Velutina ochotensis Derjugin, 1950

Details


Velutina undata Brown, 1839,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: J. Smith
Range: 81°N to 42°N; 125°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1127 m (live 18 to 240 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Thorson (1944) Ll; Macpherson (1971) d{Ll}NWM; Golikov & Gulbin (1990) c; Alexeyev (2003)
Combining Genera:  Morvillia

Velutina bifasciata Derjugin, 1950, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Gulbin & Golikov (1998) M
Comments: Subspecies of V. undata in Gulbin & Golikov (1998).

Velutina canaliculata Kröyer, 1847, p. 115
[Not available]
Attributed to: Beck, 1847
Type Locality: Spitzbergen
Distribution: Greenland
References: Mörch (1857b:80) s (of V. zonata var. grandis).
Comments: Nude name.

Morvillia undata var. expansa G. O. Sars, 1878, p. 147-148, pl. 21, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Vardo og Vadso
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland
References: Thorson (1944) s

Velutina (Morvillia) zonata var. grandis E. A. Smith, 1877b, p. 137-138
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Franklin-Pierce Bay, West Greenland, 79°25'N
Range: 79.42°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: E. A. Smith (1890b) NSEWM
Comments: Non Mörch, 1857a.

Velutina (Limneria) zonata var. grandis Mörch, 1857b, p. 80
[Not available]
Type Locality: Arsut Barret, Greenland
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Greenland
References: Mörch (1869b) M
Comments: Nude name; non Mörch, 1857a. Also nude in Mörch (1869b: 15).

Velutina ochotensis Derjugin, 1950, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
References: Gulbin & Golikov (1998) M
Comments: Subspecies of V. undata in Gulbin & Golikov (1998).

Velutina zonata Gould, 1841, p. 242-243, fig. 160
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chelsea Beach, Massachusetts; stomach of fish off Massachusetts
Range: 66.5°N to 42.4°N; 71.03°W to 53.55°W
Depth: 0 to 84 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Gould (1841) dSW; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNEM; Macpherson (1971) s; Gulbin & Golikov (1998) s
Combining Genera:  Morvillia


Partial List of References

Gould, A. A. 1841. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts  xiii + 373 pp. Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State: Cambridge, Massachusetts. [True date: pre Oct.]
Kröyer, [H. N.] 1847. Weichthiere aus der Sammlung des Herrn Dr. Kröyer Amtlicher Bericht über die 24 Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Kiel im September 1846 115-116.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1857. Fortegnelse over Gro/nlands Blo/ddyr Gro/nland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet 2 75-100 Commission hos Universitetsboghandler: Kjo/benhavn. [Stated date: 08 Apr 1857.]
Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae  xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania.
Smith, E. A. 1877. On the Mollusca collected during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76 Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)20 131-146. [Stated date: -- Aug 1877.]

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