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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoinae

Alvania moerchii (J. Collin, 1886)


Range: 82°N to 60°N; 113°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 238 m (live 12 to 190 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3  mm

Details


Cingula mo/rchii J. Collin, 1886, p. 454-455, pl. 40, fig. 5a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Lerbund, 50 fathoms
Range: 82°N to 60°N; 113°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 238 m (live 12 to 190 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Macpherson (1971) lW; Schiötte (1989) LNM
Comments: According to ICZN article 32.5.2.1, this name should be spelling 'morchii,' having a slash not an umlaut in the original, but I have not found any authors that use that spelling. Under ICZN Article 33.3.1, the subsequent spelling 'moerchii' is therefore maintained.


Partial List of References

Collin, J. 1886. Brachionopoder, Muslinger og Snegle fra Kara-Havet Dijmphna-Togtets Zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte 441-472, pls. 40-41 Kjo/benhavn.

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