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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium magellanicum (Philippi, 1845)


Range: 33°S to 56.33°S; 71°W to 53°W
Depth: 0 to 545 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria magellanica Philippi, 1845
Cirsotrema magellanicum (Philippi, 1845) 
Scalaria latecostata Strebel, 1905
Coroniscala latecostatum (Strebel, 1905) 
Cirsotrema latecostatum (Strebel, 1905) 
Cirsotrema douvillei Fenaux, 1937

Details


Scalaria magellanica Philippi, 1845a, p. 65
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Fretum Magellanicum
Range: 33°S to 54.42°S; 71°W to 53°W
Depth: 0 to 229 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Strebel (1905b) dW; Melvill & Standen (1912) S; Powell (1951) D; Clench & Turner (1951) NE{S}
Combining Genera:  Cirsotrema

Cirsotrema douvillei Fenaux, 1937, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1952) s

Scalaria magellanica var. latecostata Strebel, 1905b, p. 658, pl. 23, figs. 43a-d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Magalhaen-Str. or Lennox Island
Range: 45.22°S to 56.33°S; 67.16°W to 59.94°W
Depth: 37 to 545 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23.8 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Santa Cruz; Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Strebel (1905b) dM; Powell (1951) DNSEW; Clench & Turner (1952) s; Forcelli (2000) subspecies of Coroniscala magellanica
Combining Genera:  Cirsotrema Coroniscala

Epitonium magallanicum sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for magellanicum by Castellanos (1970a).


Partial List of References

Philippi, [R.] A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 50-71.
Strebel, H. 1905. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 3 Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 22 575-666, pl. 21-24. [Stated date: 24 Oct 1905.]

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