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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Chlanidotella modesta (Martens, 1885)


Range: 54°S to 54.37°S; 37.8°W to 36.47°W
Depth: 0 to 37 m (live 0 to 37 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Cominella modesta Martens, 1885
Thalassoplanes modesta (Martens, 1885) 
Chlanidota modesta (Martens, 1885) 
Cominella elongata Pfeffer, 1886
Cominella undata Pfeffer, 1886
Conorbela antarctica auct. non Strebel, 1908

Details


Cominella modesta Martens, 1885, p. 91, [Martens & Pfeffer, 1886, pl. 1, fig. 4a-e]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Süd-Georgien [South Georgia]
Range: 54°S to 54.37°S; 37.8°W to 36.47°W
Depth: 0 to 37 m (live 0 to 37 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Martens (1885) dlM; Strebel (1908) SE; Powell (1951) {DL}; Zelaya (2005a) DLNW
Combining Genera:  Chlanidota Thalassoplanes

Conorbela antarctica auct. non Strebel, 1908, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Zelaya (2005a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Carcelles (1953a).

Cominella modesta f. elongata Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886, p. 74, pl. 1, fig. 4c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Süd-Georgien [South Georgia]
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Martens & Pfeffer (1886) M

Cominella modesta f. undata Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886, p. 74, pl. 1, fig. 4d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Süd-Georgien [South Georgia]
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Martens & Pfeffer (1886) M


Partial List of References

Martens, E. von and G. Pfeffer. 1886. Die Mollusken von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83 Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 3 63-135, 4 pls.
Martens, [E.] von. 1885. Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Molluskenfauna von Süd-Georgien Sitzungs-Bericht der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 1885(3) 89-94. [Stated date: 17 Mar 1885.]

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