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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Rapaninae

Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789)


Range: 56°S to 56°S; 74°W to 67.5°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 120  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum concholepas Bruguière, 1789
Buccinum lepas (Gmelin, 1791) 
Patella lepas Gmelin, 1791
Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801
Purpura peruviana (Lamarck, 1801) 
Concholepas imbricata Valenciennes, 1832
Concholepas laevigata Valenciennes, 1832
Concholepas oblonga Reeve, 1863
Concholepas decipiens Mabille, 1886
Concholepas densestriata Mabille, 1886
Concholepas granosa Mabille, 1886
Concholepas patagonica Mabille, 1886
Concholepas rhombica Mabille, 1886
Concholepas similis Mabille, 1886
Concholepas splendens Mabille, 1886
Concholepas verecunda Mabille, 1886
Concholepas fernandeziana Stuardo, 1979

Details


Buccinum concholepas Bruguière, 1789, p. 252, [d'Argenville pl. 6, fig. d; etc.]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: côtes du Pérou
Range: 56°S to 56°S; 74°W to 67.5°W
Depth: 0 m
Distribution: Straits of Magellan, Chile

Concholepas decipiens Mabille, 1886, p. 268-269, pl. 3, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Pérou
Maximum Reported Size: 81 mm
References: Mabille (1886) M

Concholepas densestriatus Mabille, 1886, p. 271-272, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili
Maximum Reported Size: 52 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M

Concholepas fernandeziana Stuardo, 1979, 
[Synonym]
References: DeVries (1995) s

Concholepas granosus Mabille, 1886, p. 270-271, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili
Maximum Reported Size: 95 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M

Concholepas imbricatus Valenciennes, 1832, p. 322, [Guérin, Iconographie {1829, pl. 18, fig. 4-4a}]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Küster (1858)
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 116 mm
References: Mabille (1886: 265) M

Concholepas laevigatus Valenciennes, 1832, p. 323, [Blainville {1825, pl. 24, figs. 1-1a}; Sowerby {1822, pl. 240}; Wood {1828, pl. 22, fig. 56}]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Patella lepas Gmelin, 1791, p. 3697, [Argen. pl.2, f.D; da Costa Conch. pl.2, f.7, pl.5, f.9; Fav. pl.4, f.H2; Chemn. 1788, vig.25, f.A-B]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Chile
Combining Genera:  Buccinum

Concholepas oblongus Reeve, 1863b,  pl. 2, fig. 2a-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cape Horn and Bay of Good Success, East Tierra del Fuego
Maximum Reported Size: 120 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Reeve (1863b) M; Mabille (1886); Beu (1970) s

Concholepas patagonicus Mabille, 1886, p. 278-279, [Rochebrune & Mabille 1889, pl. 2, fig. 6]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Côtes Sud de la Paatagonie jusqu'au Cap Horn
Range: 56°S to 56°S; 67.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 89 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Mabille (1886) NSEWM; Beu (1970) s

Concholepas peruviana Lamarck, 1801, p. 70, [Favanne pl. 4, fig. H, 2; Chemnitz, 1788, vign. A, B]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Blainville
Type Locality: Not stated [Peru]
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M; Beu (1970) s; Marincovich (1973) s
Combining Genera:  Purpura

Concholepas rhombicus Mabille, 1886, p. 273-274, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili méridional
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M

Concholepas similis Mabille, 1886, p. 267-268, pl. 4, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili
Maximum Reported Size: 114 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M

Concholepas splendens Mabille, 1886, p. 274-275, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Pérou; Chili
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M

Concholepas verecundus Mabille, 1886, p. 275-277, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Chili
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Mabille (1886) M


Partial List of References

Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 1-344. Panckoucke: Paris.
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Lamarck, J. B. 1801. Systême des Animaux sans Vertèbres  viii + 432 pp. Paris.
Mabille, J. 1886. Étude monographique du genre Concholepas Annales de Malacologie 2 261-282, pls. 3-5. [Stated date: -- May 1886.]
Reeve, L. 1863. Monograph of the genus Concholepas Conchologia Iconica 14 pls. 1-2 [Stated date: -- Jun 1863.]
Valenciennes, A. 1832. Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland Voyage Humboldt et Bonpland. Deuxième Partie. Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie Comparée 2 262-339, pl. 57. [True date: pre June.]

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