Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lightfoot, 1786)

Range: 23°S to 52°S; 68°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 250 m
Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm

Synonymy

Voluta brasiliana Lightfoot, 1786
Cymbiola brasiliana (Lightfoot, 1786)
Adelomelon brasiliana (Lightfoot, 1786)
Voluta colocynthis Chemnitz, 1795
Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817
Cymbiola braziliensis Swainson, 1840
Voluta alternata Lahille, 1895
Voluta carinata Lahille, 1895
Voluta depressa Lahille, 1895
Voluta globosa Lahille, 1895
Voluta intermedia Lahille, 1895
Voluta lactea Lahille, 1895
Voluta pseudomagellanica Lahille, 1895
Voluta spirabilis Lahille, 1895
Voluta subcarinata Lahille, 1895
Voluta subtypica Lahille, 1895
Voluta typica Lahille, 1895

Details

Voluta brasiliana Lightfoot, 1786, p. 186, not figured [Chemnitz, 1795, pl. 176, fig. 1695-1696]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Solander (1786); Lamarck (1811)
Type Locality: The Brazils
Range: 23°S to 52°S; 68°W to 44°W
Depth: 0 to 250 m
Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Rio Negro
References: Poppe & Goto (1992) cdSW; Coltro (2005a) DNEM
Comments: Clench & Turner (1964) considered Lightfoot's name to be a nomen dubium, and so attributed Voluta brasiliana to Lamarck (1811). Lightfoot, however, gave a short description: "large", "with only two plaits on the Column".
Combining Genera: Adelomelon Cymbiola

Voluta colocynthis [var.] alternata Lahille, 1895, p. 306
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Cymbiola braziliensis Swainson, 1840, p. 118, 317, [Chemnitz, 1795, pl. 176, figs. 1695-1696]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Brazil

Voluta colocynthis [var.] carinata Lahille, 1895, p. 305-306, pl. 5, fig. 36
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Zekeli, 1852.

Voluta cocynthis auct.,
[Not available]
Distribution: Brazil
Comments: Misspelling of colocynthis by Lamarck (1811: 62), in synonymy of Voluta brasiliana.

Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817, p. 574, [Chemnitz, 1795, pl. 176, fig. 1695-1696]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1795)
Type Locality: Brazil
Range: 35°S to 35°S
Maximum Reported Size: 170 mm
Distribution: Brazil, Uruguay
References: Dillwyn (1817) M; Corsi (1900) NSM; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta colocynthis, brasiliana solandri... Chemnitz, 1795, p. 10-12, pl. 176, figs. 1695-1696
[Not available]
Type Locality: an der Südamericanischen Küste, insonderheit ben Brasilien
Distribution: Brazil
Comments: Non-binominal.

Voluta colocynthis [var.] depressa Lahille, 1895, p. 305, pl. 5, fig. 39
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Lamarck, 1803.

Voluta colocynthis [var.] globosa Lahille, 1895, p. 305, pl. 1, fig. 3; pl. 5, figs. 48-49
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Dillwyn, 1817.

Voluta colocynthis [var.] intermedia Lahille, 1895, p. 304, pl. 5, figs. 42-47
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 160 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta colocynthis [var.] lactea Lahille, 1895, p. 304, pl. 10, figs. 1-3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mar Chiquita
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta colocynthis [var.] pseudo-magellanica Lahille, 1895, p. 305, pl. 5, fig. 40
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta colocynthis [var.] spirabilis Lahille, 1895, p. 306, pl. 1, fig. 4; pl. 5, fig. 37
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta colocynthis [var.] subcarinata Lahille, 1895, p. 305, pl. 5, fig. 30
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta colocynthis [var.] subtypica Lahille, 1895, p. 303, pl. 5, fig. 38
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina

Voluta colocynthis [var.] typica Lahille, 1895, p. 303, pl. 2, figs. 57-60; pl. 5, figs. 27-29, 31-35; pl. 12, fig. 26-29
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 170 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Partial List of References

Chemnitz, J. H. 1795. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 11 [xxiv] + 310 pp., pls. 174-213. Kaspischen Buchhandlung: Nürnberg. [True date: post 31 Jul.]
Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Lahille, F. 1895. Contribucion al estudio de las Volutas Argentinas Revista del Museo de la Plata 6 293-332, 12 pls.
Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on Malacology viii + 419 pp., frontispiece. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans and John Taylor: London.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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