Voluta marginataBorn, 1778, p. 207-208 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Not stated Range: 15°N to 4°N; 83°W to 52°W Depth: 27 to 72 m (live 27 m) Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm Distribution: Honduras, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre; Surinam, Brazil: Amapa References: Altena (1975) dl; Díaz & Puyana (1994) {W}M; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Cossignani (2006e) NW
Marginella cinctaKiener, 1834a, p. 21, pl. 8, fig. 32 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 11°N to 10.5°N; 74°W to 64°W Depth: 20 to 65 m Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Sucre, Isla la Tortuga, Isla Margarita References: Kiener (1834a) M; Dautzenberg (1900) DdSW; Talavera & Princz (1985) NE Comments: G. Coovert (pers. comm. Feb 1997) considers Eastern Atlantic records of P. marginatum to be Prunum cinctum, but Weisbord (1962) considered P. marginatum to be West African and P. cinctum to be Caribbean. Pending resolution, they are treated as synonyms herein (22 Oct 2003).
Marginella lacteaSwainson, 1840, p. 324, [Sowerby, Genera, fig. 3] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated
Partial List of References
Born, I. 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I. Testacea [xlii] + 458 + [82] pp., 1 pl. Offficina Krausiana: Wien. Kiener, L. C. 1834. Genre Marginelle. (Marginella, Lamarck) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 3 1-30, 9 pls. Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on Malacology viii + 419 pp., frontispiece. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans and John Taylor: London.