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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774)


Range: 36.42°S to 54.98°S; 70.92°W to 54.63°W
Depth: 0 to 586 m (live 0 to 56 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 111  mm

Synonymy

Buccinum geversianum Pallas, 1774
Fusus geversianus (Pallas, 1774) 
Murex fimbriatus Lightfoot, 1786
Murex lamellosus auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Murex magellanicus Gmelin, 1791
Neptunea foliacea Röding, 1798
Murex ventricosus Molina, 1810
Polyplex bulbosa G. Perry, 1811
Murex foliatus Schumacher, 1817
Murex varians d'Orbigny, 1839
Fusus intermedius Hupé, 1854
Trophon calva Kobelt, 1878
Trophon lirata Kobelt, 1878
Trophon philippianus Dunker, 1878
Trophon gradatus Ihering, 1897
Trophon paranensis Borchert, 1901

Details


Buccinum geversianum Pallas, 1774, p. 33, pl. 3, fig. 1-2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 36.42°S to 54.98°S; 70.92°W to 54.63°W
Depth: 0 to 586 m (live 0 to 56 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 111 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Pilsbry (1899); Strebel (1908) W{D}; Carcelles (1946) NM; Powell (1951) L; Castellanos (1970a) {N}; Dell (1971) d; Pastorino (1995); Linse (2002); Pastorino (2005a) DlSE
Comments: As 'geuersianum' in text, where 'v' and 'u' were identical in the italic face within a word; as 'geversianum' in the index.
Combining Genera:  Fusus

Polyplex bulbosa G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 9, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Indian Seas'
References: Petit (2003) s; Pastorino (2005a) s

Trophon calva Kobelt, 1878, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 95 mm
References: Strebel (1905) M; Pastorino (2005a) s

Murex fimbriatus Lightfoot, 1786, p. 106, 136, 173, [Martyn I, fig. 6.c; Favanne 37.H.1; d'Avila I pl. 10]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Martyn (1784)
Type Locality: Falkland Islands
Distribution: Falkland Islands
References: Rehder (1967) s; Pastorino (2005a) s
Comments: Lot numbers 1848, 2327, 3038, and 3734 in Lightfoot (1786).

Neptunea foliacea Röding, 1798, p. 116, [Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 139, fig. 1297; Knorr 4, pl. 30, fig. 2]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1780)
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Pastorino (2005a) s

Murex foliatus Schumacher, 1817, p. 215, [Chemnitz, 1780, pl. 139, fig. 1297]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Chile (E. H. Vokes 1971)]
References: Reeve (1847c) s; E. H. Vokes (1961) s

Trophon gradatus Ihering, 1897, 
[Synonym]
References: Parodiz (1996) s
Comments: Non Ihering, 1907.

Fusus intermedius Hupé, 1854, 
[Synonym]
Range: 52°S to 54°S; 68°W
Distribution: Argentina: Santa Cruz; Straits of Magellan
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW
Comments: Non G. Michelotti, 1847.

Murex lamellosus auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
References: Reeve (1847c) s
Comments: Misidentification by Dillwyn (1817, in part).

Trophon lirata Kobelt, 1878, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 94.7 mm
References: Strebel (1904) M; Pastorino (2005a) s

Murex magellanicus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3548, [Knorr 4, pl. 30, fig. 2; Chemnitz 1780, pl. 139, fig. 1297]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Lamarck
Type Locality: 'streto magellanico'
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Powell (1951) s

Trophon paranensis Borchert, 1901, p. 220, pl. 9, figs. 12-13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Paraná-Stufe, Argentina
References: Carcelles (1946) s

Trophon philippianus Dunker, 1878, 
[Synonym]
Range: 52.96°S to 54.42°S; 68.13°W to 57.53°W
Depth: 38 to 102 m
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Straits of Magellan
References: Melvill & Standen (1912) DSE; Powell (1951) dNW; Pastorino (2005a) s

Murex varians d'Orbigny, 1839, p. 452 [1841], pl. 62, figs. 4-7 [1839]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Patagonie, au sud du Rio Negro
Range: 38°S to 42°S; 64°W to 59°W
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro
References: d'Orbigny (1841a) M; Powell (1951) s; Castellanos (1970a) NSEW; Pastorino (2005a) s?

Murex ventricosus Molina, 1810, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Pastorino (2005a) S


Partial List of References

Borchert, A. 1901. Die Molluskenfauna und das Alter der Paraná-Stufe Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Beilage 14 171-245, pls. 6-10. [True date: pre 11 July.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 54, 59-66, 68-69. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1839.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Pallas, P. S. 1774. Spicilegia Zoologica Spicilegia Zoologica 1(10) 41 + [9] pp., 4 pls. Gottl. August. Lange: Berolini.
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
Schumacher, C. F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systčme des Habitations des Vers Testacés  [iv] + 287 pp., 22 pls. Schultz: Copenhague. [Stated date: -- --- 1817; true date: post 1 Mar.]
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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