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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Glypteuthria meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1881)


Range: 52°S to 55°S; 74°W to 60°W
Depth: 0 to 3840 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.7  mm

Synonymy

Euthria meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1881
Buccinulum meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1881) 
Lachesis euthrioides Melvill & Standen, 1898

Details


Euthria meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1881a, p. 29-30, pl. 4, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Portland Bay, St. Andrews Sound, southwest Patagonia, 10 fathoms and Sandy Point, 9-10 fathoms, south Patagonia
Range: 53°S to 55°S; 74°W to 68°W
Depth: 18 to 3840 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.7 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Strebel (1905b) dNSEWM
Comments: Not Lachesis meridionalis E. A. Smith, 1881, a Savatieria.
Combining Genera:  Buccinulum

Lachesis euthrioides Melvill & Standen, 1898, p. 98-99, pl. 1, fig. 9
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Lively Island, Falkland Islands
Range: 52°S to 55°S; 68.27°W to 60°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.7 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
References: Strebel (1905b) DdSM; Strebel (1908) W; Dell (1972) s?
Comments: Plate published before text, July 1 versus October 1.


Partial List of References

Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1898. Notes on a collection of marine shells from Lively Island, Falklands, with list of species Journal of Conchology 9 97-105, pls. 1-2. [True date: 01 Jul 1898.]
Smith, E. A. 1881. Account of the Zoological collections made during the survey of the H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and Molluscoidea Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881 22-44, pls. 3-5. [True date: -- Jun 1881.]

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