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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Parmaphoridea melvilli (Thiele, 1912)


Range: 50.83°S to 56.33°S; 67.16°W to 56.62°W
Depth: 102 to 384 m (live 102 to 102 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23  mm

Synonymy

Tugalia antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1907
Tugalia melvilli Thiele, 1912
Parmaphorella melvilli (Thiele, 1912) 

Details


Tugalia melvilli Thiele, 1912, p. 257
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Burdwood Bank, south of Falkland Islands, 56 fathoms
Range: 50.83°S to 56.33°S; 67.16°W to 56.62°W
Depth: 102 to 384 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
References: Powell (1951) dNSW; Castellanos & Landoni (1988) M; Dell (1990) DE
Comments: New name for Tugali antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1907, non Strebel, 1907.
Combining Genera:  Parmaphorella

Tugalia antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1907, p. 128, fig. 1
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Burdwood Bank, south of Falkland Islands, 56 fathoms
Range: 54.42°S to 54.42°S; 57.53°W
Depth: 102 m (live 102 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank
References: Melvill & Standen (1907) DdM; Smaldon et al. (1976) LlNSEW
Comments: Non Strebel, 1907.


Partial List of References

Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1907. The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 46 119-157, 1 pl. [Stated date: 21 Dec 1907.]
Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 13 183-286, pls. 11-19 Georg Reimer: Berlin. [Stated date: -- Aug 1912.]

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