Range: 60.14°N to 39.98°N; 70.5°W to 0°W Depth: 18 to 1792 m (live 27 to 1792 m) Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Synonymy
Trochus occidentalis Mighels & Adams, 1842 Trochus alabastrum (Lovén, 1846) Margarita alabastrum Lovén, 1846 Trochus formosus McAndrew & Forbes, 1847 Trochus quadricinctus S. V. Wood, 1848
Details
Trochus occidentalisMighels & Adams, 1842, p. 47-48, pl. 4, fig. 16 [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Mighels Type Locality: Casco Bay, Maine Range: 60.14°N to 39.98°N; 70.5°W to 0°W Depth: 18 to 1792 m (live 27 to 1792 m) Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Georges Bank, New Jersey References: Bush (1893) DLS{W}; Procter (1933) l; Clarke (1954a) W; Clarke (1974) N; Fretter & Graham (1977) E
Margarita alabastrumLovén, 1846, p. 152 [Synonym] Attributed to: Beck MS Type Locality: Bergen--Finmark Maximum Reported Size: 14.5 mm References: Lovén (1846) M; Stimpson (1851c) s; Clench & Turner (1960) s Combining Genera: Trochus
Trochus quadricinctus S. V. Wood, 1848, [Not available] References: Clench & Turner (1960) s Comments: In synonymy of Trochus formosus; nude name in 1842.
Partial List of References
Lovén, [S. L.] 1846. Nordens Hafs-Mollusker Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3 134-160. [Stated date: 13 May 1846.] Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.]