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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Capulidae

Torellia delicata (Philippi, 1844)


Range: 78°N to 38.92°N; 71.9°W to 0°W
Depth: 156 to 2100 m (live 156 to 1417 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

Synonymy

Janthina delicata (Philippi, 1844) 
Trachysma delicata (Philippi, 1844) 
Cyclostoma delicatum Philippi, 1844
Recluzia aperta auct. non Lovén, 1846
Torellia vestita Jeffreys, 1867
Trachysma expansum G. O. Sars, 1878
Trachysma typicum G. O. Sars, 1878
Torellia fimbriata Verrill & Smith, 1882
Torellia tiarella Verrill & Smith, 1882
Torellia abyssicola Friele, 1903
Trachysma sarsianum Thiele, 1912

Details


Cyclostoma? delicatum Philippi, 1844a, p. 222, pl. 28, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Messina (fossil)
Range: 42.93°N to 38.92°N; 71.9°W to 0°W
Depth: 156 to 857 m (live 156 to 857 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11.6 mm
References: Philippi (1844a) M; Warén (1991) c; Bouchet & Warén (1993) DdLlNSEW
Comments: Trachysma delicatum (Philippi, 1844) is a North Atlantic species; the identity of Brazilian material reported under this name is unknown.
Combining Genera:  Janthina Trachysma

Torellia abyssicola Friele, 1903, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1979) s

Recluzia aperta auct. non Lovén, 1846, 
[Not available]
References: Jeffreys (1867a) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Trachysma delicatum var. expansa G. O. Sars, 1878, p. 212, pl. 22, fig. 17a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lofoten
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Torellia fimbriata Verrill & Smith in A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 520-521, pl. 57, fig. 27-27a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [USFC sta. 878, by type designation of Johnson (1878)]
Range: 42.82°N to 39.82°N; 71.42°W to 68.83°W
Depth: 165 to 472 m
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: Maine
References: Verrill (1882a) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1979) s

Trachysma fragilis sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for var. typica of Trachysma delicatum by Bouchet & Warén (1993); Adeorbis fragilis is the name of the next taxon treated by G. O. Sars (1878: 212-213).

Trachysma sarsianum Thiele, 1912, 
[Synonym]
References: Warén (1991:73) s

Torellia fimbriata var. tiarella Verrill & Smith in A. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 520-521, [Johnson 1989, pl. 10, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 1026, 182 fms.
Range: 39.84°N ; 71.38°W
Depth: 333 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
References: Bouchet & Warén (1979) s

Trachysma delicatum f. typica G. O. Sars, 1878, p. 212, pl. 22, figs. 18a-d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lofoten (Skraaven), 200-300 [fathoms]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Torellia vestita Jeffreys, 1867a, p. 244-245
[Synonym]
Type Locality: East coast of Shetland; coast of Norway
Range: 78°N to 39.97°N; 70.4°W to 0°W
Depth: 157 to 2100 m (live 1417 m)
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland
References: Verrill (1882a) dSW; Clarke (1974) Ll; Bouchet & Warén (1979) E


Partial List of References

Jeffreys, J. G. 1867. British conchology British Conchology 4 [ii] + 486 pp., frontispiece, 8 pls. John Van Voorst: London.
Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2 iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae  xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania.
Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.

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