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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea: Cancellariidae

Admete viridula (Fabricius, 1780)


Range: 82°N to 40°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 1400 m (live 10 to 599 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Cancellaria viridula (Fabricius, 1780) 
Tritonium viridulum Fabricius, 1780
Murex costellifer J. Sowerby, 1818
Cancellaria costellifera (J. Sowerby, 1818) 
Cancellaria buccinoides Couthouy, 1838
Cancellaria couthouyi Jay, 1839
Admete crispa Möller, 1842
Admete abnormis Gray, 1847
Admete borealis A. Adams, 1855
Admete grandis Mörch, 1869
Admete undatocostata Verkrüzen, 1875
Admete distincta Leche, 1878
Admete elongata Leche, 1878
Admete producta G. O. Sars, 1878
Admete undata Leche, 1878
Admete contabulata Friele, 1879
Admete sadko Gorbunov, 1946

Details


Tritonium viridulum Fabricius, 1780, p. 402, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Greenland
Range: 82°N to 41°N; 70.73°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 1052 m (live 10 to 599 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Quebec
References: Stimpson (1851c); Posselt & Jensen (1899) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) L; Harasewych & Petit (1986) W; Harasewych & Petit (1987) dSE; Schiötte (1989) N
Combining Genera:  Cancellaria

Admete abnormis Gray, 1847, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Mörch & Poulson MS; H. & A. Adams (1858)
References: Harmer (1918); Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Nude name.

Admete borealis A. Adams, 1855e, p. 122, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Melville Island [Northwest Territories, Canada]
Range: 66.5°N to 60.12°N; 68°W to 45°W
Depth: 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Cancellaria buccinoides Couthouy, 1838, p. 105-106, pl. 3, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Outer Massachusetts Bay
Range: 42°N ; 70°W
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Couthouy (1838) NSEW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Non Sowerby, 1832.

Admete contabulata Friele, 1879, p. 276, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, sta. 338, 146 fathoms [near Spitzbergen]
Range: 40°N ; 71°W to 70.5°W
Depth: 478 to 1400 m
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
References: Rex & Warén (1982) DdNSEW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Murex costellifer J. Sowerby, 1818, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Nomen oblitum, Macpherson (1971).
Combining Genera:  Cancellaria

Cancellaria couthouyi Jay, 1839, 
[Synonym]
Range: 77.21°N to 42°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 571 m (live 10 to 571 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Macpherson (1971) {DLN}dlSEWM; Clarke (1974) DLN; Middendorff (1849b) s; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Admete crispa Möller, 1842a, p. 88-89, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Depth: 55 to 109 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) Dd

Admete crispata sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for crispa by Nyst (1881).

Admete viridula var. distincta Leche, 1878, p. 48, pl. 1, fig. 14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Matotschkin scharr vid Beluscha-viken, Novaja Zemlja
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Admete viridula var. elongata Leche, 1878, p. 48, pl. 1, fig. 13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gostinoj, Novaja Zemlja
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Admete viridula var. grandis Mörch, 1869b, p. 22, [Fabricius, pl. 10, fig. 1-2]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Admete viridula var. producta G. O. Sars, 1878, p. 217, pl. 13, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lofoten
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Admete sadko Gorbunov, 1946, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Ademete viridula var. undata Leche, 1878, p. 47, [Middendorff (1849) pl. 10, figs. 3-4]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Several localities
References: Petit & Harasewych (1990) s

Admete undato-costata Verkrüzen, 1875b, p. 237, Not figured
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Verkrüzen in Kobelt (1876)
Type Locality: Vadsoë, Norway
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1855. Descriptions of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23 119-124.
Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.]
Fabricius, O. 1780. Fauna Greenlandica  xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl. Joannis Gottlob Rothe: Hafniae et Lipsiae.
Friele, H. 1879. Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeer-expedition bei Spitzbergen gefundenen Mollusken Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 6 264-286.
Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838 Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4 7-32.
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.
Verkrüzen, T. A. 1875. Bericht über einen Schabe-Ausflug im Sommer 1874 Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 2 229-240, pl. 8.

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