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Gastropoda: : Naticoidea: Naticidae

Kerguelenatica bioperculata Dell, 1990


Range: 37.58°S to 75.45°S; 180°W to 0°W
Depth: 45 to 548 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Natica grisea Martens, 1878
Polinices grisea (Martens, 1878) 
Amauropsis grisea (Martens, 1878) 
Friginatica grisea (Martens, 1878) 
Amauropsis delicatula auct. non E. A. Smith, 1902
Kerguelenatica bioperculata Dell, 1990

Details


Kerguelenatica bioperculata Dell, 1990, p. 145, figs. 252-253, 264
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Rhodes Bay, Kerguelen Island, 10-50 fathoms]
Range: 37.58°S to 75.45°S; 180°W to 26.68°W
Depth: 121 to 548 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.3 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea
References: Dell (1990) DdSEWM; Pastorino (2005b) N
Comments: New name for Natica grisea Martens, 1878, non Requien, 1848.

Amauropsis delicatula auct. non E. A. Smith, 1902, 
[Not available]
References: Dell (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification by Cernohorsky (1977, in part).

Natica grisea Martens, 1878, 
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Range: 54.18°S to 64.05°S; 59.8°W to 0°W
Depth: 45 to 367 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula
References: Strebel (1908) NS{E}; Powell (1951) DdW; Clarke (1961) E; Castellanos & Landoni (1990) M; Dell (1990) s; Numanami (1996)
Comments: Non Requien, 1848.
Combining Genera:  Amauropsis Friginatica Polinices


Partial List of References

Dell, R. K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca, with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27 iv + 311 pp.

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