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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoinae

Onoba aculeus (Gould, 1841)


Range: 72°N to 41.2°N; 73.1°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 115 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.2  mm

Synonymy

Trochus striatellus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Pyramis candida Brown, 1827
Rissoa aculeus (Gould, 1841) 
Cingula aculeus Gould, 1841
Rissoa saxatilis Möller, 1842
Rissoa arctica Lovén, 1846
Onoba proxima auct. non Alder, 1850
Rissoa multilineata Stimpson, 1851
Onoba karica Golikov, 1986

Details


Cingula aculeus Gould, 1841, p. 266-267, fig. 172
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: East Boston, Massachusetts
Range: 72°N to 41.2°N; 73.1°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 115 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.2 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Stimpson (1851c); Procter (1933) lSW; Thorson (1944) DLN; Warén (1974) {N}E
Comments: Odé's (1986c) records from Texas need confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Rissoa

Rissoa arctica Lovén, 1846, p. 156
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Finmark
Maximum Reported Size: 2.9 mm
References: Lovén (1846) M

Pyramis candidus Brown, 1827,  pl. 50, fig. 31
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Belton Sands
References: Warén (1974) s

Onoba karica Golikov, 1986, 
[Synonym]
References: Warén (1996) s

Rissoa multilineata Stimpson, 1851b, p. 14-15, [Stimpson 1851c, pl. 1, fig. 2]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Great Misery Island, 5 fathoms, and off Nahant, Massachusetts
Range: 42.5°N ; 70.8°W
Depth: 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Stimpson (1851b) DdNSEWM; Warén (1974) s

Onoba proxima auct. non Alder, 1850, 
[Not available]
References: Warén (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification by G. O. Sars (1878).

Rissoa saxatilis Möller, 1842a, p. 82
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Maximum Reported Size: 3.9 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Warén (1974:125) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) M

Trochus striatellus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Greenland
References: Warén (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification by Fabricius (1780:393); Trochus striatellus Linnaeus, 1758 is a nomen dubium (Hanley 1855).


Partial List of References

Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland  [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.]
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.]
Lovén, [S. L.] 1846. Nordens Hafs-Mollusker Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3 134-160. [Stated date: 13 May 1846.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Stimpson, W. 1851. Notices of several species of testaceous Mollusca new to Massachusetts Bay, including new species Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4 12-18. [True date: pre Sep 2.]

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