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Gastropoda: : Velutinoidea: Velutininae

Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851)


Range: 76°N to 43°N; 105°W to 0°W
Depth: 40 to 325 m (live 40 to 274 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Pilidium commodum Middendorff, 1851
Capulacmea commodus (Middendorff, 1851) 
Capulus radiatus M. Sars, 1851
Piliopsis radiatus (M. Sars, 1851) 
Capulacmea radiatus (M. Sars, 1851) 
Piliscus probus Lovén, 1859
Pilidium simplex J. Collin, 1886

Details


Pilidium commodum Middendorff, 1851, p. 214-215, pl. 17, figs. 4-11
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Südküste des Ochotskischen Meeres
Range: 43°N ; 63°W
Depth: 274 m (live 274 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia
References: Middendorff (1851) M; Verrill (1884) DdLlNSEW; Warén (1989a) c
Comments: Nude name in Middendorff (1849b:427).
Combining Genera:  Capulacmea

Piliscus probus Lovén, 1859, 
[Synonym]
References: Mörch (1869b); Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Capulus radiatus M. Sars, 1851, p. 184, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Komagfjord mellem Stene paa 30-40 Favnes [Norway]
Range: 76°N to 60°N; 105°W to 0°W
Depth: 40 to 325 m (live 40 to 245 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland
References: Thorson (1944) DL; Macpherson (1971) dlNSEWM{DL}; Warén (1989a) s
Comments: Gulbin & Golikov (1997) argued that P. radiatus is a valid species Atlantic and Arctic species and that P. commodus is restricted to the Pacific.
Combining Genera:  Capulacmea Piliopsis

Pilidium radiatum var. simplex J. Collin, 1886, p. 16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lerbund, 50 fathoms
Maximum Reported Size: 22.5 mm
References: Collin (1886) M


Partial List of References

Collin, J. 1886. Brachionopoder, Muslinger og Snegle fra Kara-Havet Dijmphna-Togtets Zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte 441-472, pls. 40-41 Kjo/benhavn.
Middendorff, A. T. von. 1851. Mollusken Reise in den Aussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens 2(1) 163-464, pl. 8-30 [Stated date: 30 Sep 1851.]
Sars, M. 1851. Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 6 121-211.

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