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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Mohnia abyssorum (P. Fischer, 1883)


Range: 41°N to 37°N; 73.06°W to 0°W
Depth: 693 to 3718 m (live 2844 to 3718 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Fusus abyssorum P. Fischer, 1883
Sipho dispar A. E. Verrill, 1884
Sipho hispidulus A. E. Verrill, 1884
Sipho profundicola Verrill & Smith, 1884
Tacita profundicola (Verrill & Smith, 1884) 
Colus profundicola (Verrill & Smith, 1884) 

Details


Fusus abyssorum P. Fischer, 1883, p. 391-392
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Côtes occidentales d'Afrique (Sahara, Sénégal), parages des Açores, 2285-5005 m
Range: 41°N to 37°N
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) c

Sipho profundicola var. dispar A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 171-172
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2042
Range: 39.55°N ; 68.45°W
Depth: 2844 m (live 2844 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
References: Verrill (1884) DdLlNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Sipho hispidulus A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 239-240, [Johnson 1989, pl. 13, fig. 1]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2038, 38°30'30"N, 69°08'25"W, 2033 fathoms [off New Jersey]
Range: 38.51°N ; 69.14°W
Depth: 693 to 3718 m (live 3718 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey
References: A. E. Verrill (1884) DLlNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Sipho profundicola Verrill & Smith in A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 170-171, pl. 31, fig. 13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2037
Range: 38.88°N to 37.69°N; 73.06°W to 69.14°W
Depth: 2738 to 3718 m (live 3718 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
References: Verrill (1884) DdLlNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1985) s
Combining Genera:  Colus Tacita


Partial List of References

Fischer, P. 1883. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'Expédition scientifique du Talisman (1883) Journal de Conchyliologie 31 391-394. [Stated date: 01 Oct 1883.]
Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second 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 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.

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