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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Volvarina gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1851)


Range: 18.3°N to 20.6°S; 87°W to 39°W
Depth: 48 to 48 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.2  mm

Synonymy

Marginella albolineata auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842
Marginella gracilis C. B. Adams, 1851
Hyalina gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1851) 
Marginella bibalteata Reeve, 1865

Details


Marginella gracilis C. B. Adams, 1851a, p. 130, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18.3°N to 20.6°S; 87°W to 39°W
Depth: 48 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.2 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Panama, Venezuela: Sucre; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Ceara, Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) N; Rios (1975) D; Talavera & Princz (1985); Cossignani (2006e) SM
Combining Genera:  Hyalina

Marginella albolineata auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842, 
[Not available]
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s
Comments: Misidentification by Jousseaume (1875).

Marginella bibalteata Reeve, 1865a,  pl. 20, fig. 99
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Maximum Reported Size: 6.8 mm
References: Reeve (1865a) M; Wagner & Abbott (1978) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1851. Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 8 129-140. [Stated date: -- Mar 1851.]
Reeve, L. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1, 14-27 [Stated date: -- Jan 1865.]

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