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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Trochinae

Margarella expansa (Sowerby I, 1838)


Range: 47.48°S to 54.5°S; 69°W to 57.53°W
Depth: 0 to 149 m (live 0 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.1  mm

Synonymy

Margarita expansa Sowerby I, 1838
Margarites expansa (Sowerby I, 1838) 
Trochus expansa (Sowerby I, 1838) 
Photinula expansa (Sowerby I, 1838) 
Photina expansa (Sowerby I, 1838) 
Trochus hillii Forbes, 1850

Details


Margarita expansa Sowerby I, 1838a, p. 24, [Sowerby II (1838a), pl. 134, fig. 16]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ad fretum Magellanicum (Port Famine)
Range: 47.48°S to 54.5°S; 69°W to 57.53°W
Depth: 0 to 149 m (live 0 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.1 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Straits of Magellan
References: Sowerby I (1838a) {W}; Strebel (1905a) dlM; Strebel (1908) E{N}; Melvill & Standen (1912) {S}W; Powell (1951) {D}; Castellanos (1983) DNS; Forcelli (2000); Zelaya (2004) L
Combining Genera:  Margarites Photina Photinula Trochus

Trochus hillii Forbes, 1850, 
[Synonym]
References: E. A. Smith (1879:177) s


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., I. 1838. A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita Malacological and Conchological Magazine 1 23-27.

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