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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon abyssorum A. E. Verrill, 1885


Range: 41.22°N to 35.83°N; 74.58°W to 66.01°W
Depth: 1542 to 3834 m (live 1542 to 1657 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Trophon clavatus auct. non G. O. Sars, 1878
Boreotrophon clavatus auct. non G. O. Sars, 1878
Boreotrophon abyssorum (A. E. Verrill, 1885) 
Trophon abyssorum A. E. Verrill, 1885

Details


Trophon abyssorum A. E. Verrill, 1885b, p. 421-422, [Bush 1893, pl. 1, fig. 14]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC Sta. 2115 [35°49'30"N, 74°34'45"W] 843 fathoms
Range: 41.22°N to 35.83°N; 74.58°W to 66.01°W
Depth: 1542 to 3834 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, North Carolina
References: A. E. Verrill (1885b) dNSEWM; Dall (1902a); Rex & Warén (1982) D
Combining Genera:  Boreotrophon

Trophon clavatus auct. non G. O. Sars, 1878, 
[Not available]
Range: 41.22°N to 35.83°N; 74.58°W to 66.01°W
Depth: 1542 to 3718 m (live 1542 to 1657 m)
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Delaware, North Carolina
References: A. E. Verrill (1884) DdLlNSEW; A. E. Verrill (1885b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1884a); Trophon clavatus is restricted to the Eastern Atlantic.
Combining Genera:  Boreotrophon


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1885. Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 395-452, pls. 42-44.

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