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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoinae

Onoba mighelsii (Stimpson, 1851)


Range: 73°N to 41.3°N; 71.8°W to 0°W
Depth: 4 to 574 m (live 4 to 574 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3  mm

Synonymy

Cingula arenaria auct. non Maton & Rackett, 1807
Cingula castanea auct. non Möller, 1842
Rissoa mighelsii Stimpson, 1851
Alvania mighelsii (Stimpson, 1851) 
Alvania alaskana Dall, 1887
Alvania dinora Bartsch, 1917

Details


Rissoa mighelsii Stimpson, 1851b, p. 15, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Maine and Massachusetts Bay
Range: 73°N to 42.5°N; 70°W to 0°W
Depth: 20 to 140 m (live 20 to 140 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Newfoundland, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Stimpson (1851b) SW; Warén (1974) DdLlNEM; Ponder (1985) c; Warén (1996) T
Comments: Neotype designated by Warén (1996).
Combining Genera:  Alvania

Alvanea [sic] castanea var. alaskana Dall, 1887a, p. 307, pl. 4, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Nunivak Island, Alaska
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
References: Dall (1887a) M; Warén (1974) s

Cingula arenaria auct. non Maton & Rackett, 1807, 
[Not available]
Range: 72°N to 41.3°N; 71.8°W to 23°W
Depth: 4 to 574 m (live 4 to 574 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.1 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Davis Strait, Canada: New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Rhode Island
References: Stimpson (1851c) s; Posselt & Jensen (1899) {D}; Procter (1933) SW; Thorson (1944) dlNEM{L}; Clarke (1974) DL; Warén (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification by Mighels & Adams (1842).

Cingula castanea auct. non Möller, 1842, 
[Not available]
Range: 52°N to 44.3°N; 68.2°W to 57°W
Depth: 9 to 27 m (live 9 to 27 m)
Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Quebec; USA: Maine
References: Procter (1933) DdLlNSEW; Warén (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Alvania dinora Bartsch, 1917, 
[Synonym]
References: Warén (1996) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1887. Supplementary notes on some species of mollusks of the Bering Sea and vicinity Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9(571) 297-309, pls. 3-4. [Stated date: -- --- 1886; true date: 10 Feb 1887.]
Stimpson, W. 1851. Notices of several species of testaceous Mollusca new to Massachusetts Bay, including new species Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4 12-18. [True date: pre Sep 2.]

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