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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Chlanidota densesculpta (Martens, 1885)


Range: 53.96°S to 54.72°S; 37.69°W to 35.22°W
Depth: 0 to 300 m (live 6 to 256 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40.3  mm

Details


Cominella (Chlanidota) densesculpta Martens, 1885, p. 91, [Martens & Pfeffer, 1886, pl. 1, fig. 3a-f]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Süd-Georgien, 7-9 faden [South Georgia, 7-9 fathoms]
Range: 53.96°S to 54.72°S; 37.69°W to 35.22°W
Depth: 0 to 300 m (live 6 to 256 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40.3 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Powell (1951) {l}; Dell (1990) d{M}; Harasewych & Kantor (1999) lSEWM; Zelaya (2005a) L
Comments: Spelled densisculpta by Martens & Pfeffer (1886:71). Records from the Antartic Peninsula (Strebel 1908) and Kerguelen and Crozet Islands (Cantera & Arnaud 1984) need confirmation fide Harasewych & Kantor (1999).


Partial List of References

Martens, [E.] von. 1885. Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Molluskenfauna von Süd-Georgien Sitzungs-Bericht der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 1885(3) 89-94. [Stated date: 17 Mar 1885.]

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