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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Volvarina fauna (Sowerby I, 1846)


Range: 27.5°N to 12°N; 82.5°W to 69°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Marginella fauna Sowerby I, 1846
Marginella alabaster Reeve, 1865
Marginella pellucida Weinkauff, 1879

Details


Marginella fauna Sowerby I, 1846, p. 96
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Curasso
Range: 27.5°N to 12°N; 82.5°W to 69°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; ABC Islands: Curacao
References: Sowerby I (1846) SE; F. C. Baker (1891a); M. Smith (1941) M; Cossignani (2006e) NW

Marginella alabaster Reeve, 1865a,  pl. 21, fig. 107
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
References: Reeve (1865a) M

Marginella pellucida Weinkauff, 1879, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Marrat MS


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1, 14-27 [Stated date: -- Jan 1865.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Marginella Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14 95-97. [True date: -- Nov 1846.]

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