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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon minutus Melvill & Standen, 1907


Range: 54.37°S to 64.93°S; 180°W to 27.48°W
Depth: 6 to 265 m (live 20 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Trophon minutus Melvill & Standen, 1907
Trophon minutus Strebel, 1908
Trophon condensatus Hedley, 1916

Details


Trophon minutus Melvill & Standen, 1907, p. 137, fig. 7-7a
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Strebel MS
Type Locality: Sta. 325, Scotia Bay, South Orkneys, 9-15 fathoms [60°43'42"S, 44°38'22"]
Range: 54.37°S to 64.93°S; 180°W to 27.48°W
Depth: 6 to 265 m (live 20 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9.3 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula
References: Melvill & Standen (1907) {M}; Strebel (1908) S; Powell (1951) N; Oliver & Picken (1984) LlM; Dell (1990) DdEW

Trophon condensatus Hedley, 1916a, p. 60, pl. 9, fig. 98
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Commonwealth Bay, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 25 fathoms
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
References: Hedley (1916a) M; Dell (1990) s

Trophon minutus Strebel, 1908, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Smaldon et al. (1976) s


Partial List of References

Hedley, C. 1916. Mollusca Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Scientific Reports (C)4 80 pp., 9 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1916.]
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.]

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