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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoinae

Alvania wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877)


Range: 82°N to 70°N; 30.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 95 to 300 m (live 95 to 190 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8  mm

Details


Rissoa weyville thomsoni Friele, 1877, p. 3, fig. 4 (radula)
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Jeffreys
Type Locality: Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition sta. 33, 510 fms.; sta. 87, 488 fms.; Porcupine Expedition 550 fms.
Range: 82°N to 70°N; 30.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 95 to 300 m (live 95 to 190 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, East Greenland; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Thorson (1944) DdlSM; Schiötte (1989) LNW; Bouchet & Warén (1993) E
Comments: Originally misspelled as 'weyville thomsoni'; emended by Friele (1879:274).


Partial List of References

Friele, H. 1877. Preliminary report on Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876 Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23(3) 1-10, 1 pl.

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