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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum martini (Petit, 1853)


Range: 22.93°S to 42°S; 64°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 10 to 80 m
Maximum Reported Size: 42  mm

Synonymy

Marginella prunum auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Marginella martini Petit, 1853
Cryptospira martini (Petit, 1853) 
Egouena martini (Petit, 1853) 
Marginella fraterculus E. A. Smith, 1915

Details


Marginella martini Petit, 1853e, p. 367-368, pl. 11, fig. 8
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: près de Rio-Janeiro
Range: 23°S to 42°S; 64°W to 44°W
Depth: 10 to 80 m
Maximum Reported Size: 42 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina
References: Petit (1853e) NE; Strebel (1908) D; Cossignani (2006e) M
Combining Genera:  Cryptospira Egouena

Marginella fraterculus E. A. Smith, 1915, p. 95, pl. 2, fig. 13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sta. 42, off Rio de Janeiro, 40 fms. [22°93'S, 41°34'W]
Range: 22.93°S to 22.93°S; 41.57°W
Depth: 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: E. A. Smith (1915) DdNSEWM

Marginella prunum auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
Range: 34°S to 42°S; 64°W to 51°W
Depth: 50 to 57 m
Distribution: Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro
References: Castellanos (1970a) dNSEW; Castellanos (1983) D
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 4 360-369, pls. 11-12.
Smith, E. A. 1915. Mollusca. Part I.--Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology 2 61-112, pls. 1-2. British Museum (Natural History): London. [Stated date: 27 Mar 1915.]

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