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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Buccinum fragile G. O. Sars, 1878


Range: 82°N to 39.88°N; 75°W to 0°W
Depth: 285 to 958 m (live 380 to 958 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 75  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum undulatum auct. non Möller, 1842
Buccinum fragile G. O. Sars, 1878
Buccinum pictum Verkrüzen, 1881
Buccinum sandersoni A. E. Verrill, 1882
Buccinum boasii J. Collin, 1886

Details


Buccinum fragile G. O. Sars, 1878, p. 257-258, pl. 24, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Verkrüzen MS
Type Locality: Finmark
Range: 82°N to 43°N; 75°W to 0°W
References: Golikov (1980) NSEW

Buccinum boasii J. Collin, 1886, 
[Synonym]
Range: 80°N to 43°N; 65°W to 0°W
References: Golikov (1980) NSEWs

Buccinum pictum Verkrüzen, 1881c, p. 297, 300
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Syrtis Terrae novae
Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm
References: Verkrüzen (1881c) M

Buccinum sandersoni A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 490-492, pl. 58, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 939, 1032 [Sta. 939, by lectotype designation of Johnson (1989)]
Range: 41.55°N to 39.88°N; 69.84°W to 65.92°W
Depth: 285 to 958 m (live 380 to 958 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 46 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Verrill (1882a) dlSEWM; Bush (1893) DLN; Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum undulatum auct. non Möller, 1842, 
[Not available]
References: Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Misidentification by Woodward (1875).


Partial List of References

Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae  xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania.
Verkrüzen, T. A. 1881. Buccinum, L Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 8 279-301.
Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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