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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Buccinum hydrophanum Hancock, 1846


Range: 81°N to 48°N; 124°W to 0°W
Depth: 5 to 749 m (live 5 to 570 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 90  mm

Synonymy

Tritonium hydrophanum (Hancock, 1846) 
Buccinum hydrophanum Hancock, 1846
Buccinum tumidulum auct. non G. O. Sars, 1878
Buccinum elatum Friele, 1882
Buccinum vestitum Herzenstein, 1893
Buccinum fuscorufescens Posselt, 1896
Buccinum percrassum Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Buccinum texturatum Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Buccinum tumidosum Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Buccinum elongatum Hägg, 1905
Buccinum jenseni Hägg, 1905
Buccinum album Thorson, 1944

Details


Buccinum hydrophanum Hancock, 1846,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 81°N to 48°N; 124°W to 0°W
Depth: 5 to 570 m (live 5 to 570 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, Quebec
References: Macpherson (1971) dlNEWM; Clarke (1974) DL; Abbott (1974) S
Combining Genera:  Tritonium

Buccinum hydrophanum var. albus [sic] Thorson, 1944, p. 91-92
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Several localities in East Greenland
Range: 73.53°N to 71°N; 24.58°W to 24.5°W
Depth: 23 to 400 m (live 23 to 400 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 58.3 mm
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland
References: Thorson (1944) DdllNSEWM

Buccinum elatum Friele, 1882, 
[Synonym]
Range: 71°N to 70.5°N; 53°W to 52°W
Depth: 146 to 749 m
Maximum Reported Size: 74 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEW; Thorson (1944) M

Buccinum elongatum Hägg, 1905, 
[Synonym]
References: Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Non Leche, 1878.

Buccinum hydrophanum var. fusco-rufescens Posselt, 1896, p. 87-88, [G. O. Sars (1878), pl. 24, fig. 8]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Hekla Havn, East Greenland, 20 fathoms
Range: 70.45°N ; 24°W
Depth: 37 m
Maximum Reported Size: 53.4 mm
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland
References: Posselt (1896) Dd; Posselt & Jensen (1899) NSEW; Thorson (1944) M; Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum jenseni Hägg, 1905, 
[Synonym]
Range: 71°N to 60.5°N; 43°W to 24°W
Depth: 27 to 60 m (live 27 to 60 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 57.4 mm
References: Thorson (1944) DdLlNSEWM; Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum hydrophanum var. percrassa Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 209, pl. 2, fig. 14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 66°49'N, 56°28'W, 349 fathoms and Umanak, West Greenland
Range: 70.67°N to 66.82°N; 56.47°W to 53°W
Depth: 638 m
Maximum Reported Size: 90 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Golikov (1980) s
Comments: Non Posselt & Jensen, 1899, p. 195.

Buccinum hydrophanum var. texturatum Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 209, pl. 2, fig. 15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Umanak-Fjord, West Greenland, 410 fathoms
Range: 71°N ; 53°W
Depth: 749 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Golikov (1980) s

Buccinum hydrophanum var. tumidosa Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 208, pl. 2, fig. 13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Greenland, several stations
Range: 79.5°N to 63.98°N; 73°W to 52°W
Depth: 22 to 146 m
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM

Buccinum tumidulum auct. non G. O. Sars, 1878, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification.

Buccinum vestitum Herzenstein, 1893, 
[Synonym]
References: Hägg (1905) s


Partial List of References

Posselt, H. G. 1896. O/stgro/landske Mollusker Meddelelser om Gro/nland 19 59-94, pl. 1.
Posselt, H. G. and A. S. Jensen. 1898. Gro/nlands brachiopoder og Blo/ddyr Meddelelser om Gro/nland 23 xix + 298 pp., 2 pls., 1 fold-out map.
Thorson, G. 1944. The Zoology of East Greenland. Marine Gastropoda Prosobranchiata Meddelelser om Gro/nland 121(13) 181 pp. [Stated date: 06 Jul 1944.]

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