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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Cochlespirinae

Aforia goniodes (Watson, 1881)


Range: 35.62°S to 62.68°S; 66.32°W to 53.87°W
Depth: 110 to 1097 m (live 430 to 382 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 38.3  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma clara Martens, 1881
Surcula clara (Martens, 1881) 
Pleurotoma goniodes Watson, 1881
Leucosyrinx goniodes (Watson, 1881) 

Details


Pleurotoma (Surcula) goniodes Watson, 1881b, p. 394-395, [Watson 1886, pl. 20, figs. 4a-c]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 320, S.E. of La Plata
Range: 35.62°S to 62.68°S; 66.32°W to 53.87°W
Depth: 150 to 1097 m
Maximum Reported Size: 38.3 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego; Subantarctic: South Shetland Islands
References: Powell (1951) d{SWM}; Watson (1881b) DE; Castellanos (1970a) N; Dell (1990) SWM
Combining Genera:  Leucosyrinx

Pleurotoma clara Martens, 1881, 
[Synonym]
Depth: 110 m
Maximum Reported Size: 35.3 mm
References: Strebel (1905b) M; Powell (1951) ds
Comments: Non Reeve, 1845.
Combining Genera:  Surcula

Aforia gonioides sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for A. goniodes by Dell (1990:229).

Aforia gonoides sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 55.73°S to 55.73°S; 66.25°W
Depth: 430 to 382 m (live 430 to 382 m)
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Linse (2002) DdLlNSEW
Comments: Error for A. goniodes by Linse (2002: 99).


Partial List of References

Watson, R. B. 1881. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part VIII Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 15 388-412. [Stated date: 04 Oct 1881.]

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