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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Galeommatoidea: Leptonidae

Mysella moelleri (Posselt, 1898)


Range: 60°N to 45°N; 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Montacuta elevata auct. non Stimpson, 1851
Montacuta moelleri Posselt, 1898
Montacuta impura Dall, 1899

Details


Montacuta moelleri Posselt, 1898,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 60°N to 45°N
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Comments: Nude name in Mörch (1875: 131) and Rink (1877: 411) according to Dall (1899: 891).

Montacuta elevata auct. non Stimpson, 1851, 
[Not available]
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
References: Dall (1899a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Mörch (1875).

Montacuta impura Dall, 1899a, p. 891, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Greenland
Distribution: Greenland
Comments: Nude name attributed by Dall to Hölboll MS, in discussion of Mysella moelleri.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1899. Synopsis of the Recent and Tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies Proceedings of the United States National Museum 21 873-897, pls. 87-88. [True date: June 26.]

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