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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Turrisipho lachesis (Mörch, 1869)


Range: 74°N to 46.08°N; 78°W to 0°W
Depth: 25 to 1267 m (live 25 to 400 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80.4  mm

Synonymy

Fusus lachesis Mörch, 1869
Sipho undulatus Friele, 1881
Sipho costiferus Posselt & Jensen, 1898

Details


Fusus lachesis Mörch in Petit, 1869, p. 274, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ikerasak, [West] Greenland, 80 brasses
Range: 74°N to 46.08°N; 78°W to 0°W
Depth: 25 to 1267 m (live 25 to 400 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80.4 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands
References: Thorson (1941) SE; Thorson (1944) dLlM; Macpherson (1971) {d}NW
Comments: Also described by Mörch (1869a: 397-398), as Fusus (Siphonorbis) lachesis.

Sipho (Tritonofusus?) costiferus Posselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 183-184, pl. 1, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Julianehaab, West Greenland, 170 fathoms
Range: 60.72°N ; 46°W
Depth: 310 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Sipho undulatus Friele in Tryon, 1881, p. 133, pl. 87, fig. 626
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 60°N ; 50°W to 0°W
Depth: 348 m
References: Thorson (1941) DdNSEW; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s


Partial List of References

Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques Testaces des Mers d'Europe  [vi] + 315 pp. F. Savy: Paris.
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.
Tryon, G. W. 1881. Tritonidae, Fusidae, Buccinidae Manual of Conchology (1)3 129-192, pls. 52-79. [True date: 06 Jun 1881.]

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