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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Cerithiopsidae

Eumetula pulla (Philippi, 1845)


Range: 41°S to 56.33°S; 74°W to 57°W
Depth: 0 to 274 m (live 15 to 161 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Ataxocerithium pulla (Philippi, 1845) 
Bittium pulla (Philippi, 1845) 
Cerithium pullum Philippi, 1845
Bittium caelata (Gould, 1849) 
Cerithium caelatum Gould, 1849

Details


Cerithium pullum Philippi, 1845a, p. 66-67
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Fretum Magellanicum
Range: 41°S to 56.33°S; 74°W to 57°W
Depth: 0 to 274 m (live 15 to 161 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.5 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Burwood Bank; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Strebel (1905b) DdlWM; Melvill & Standen (1912); Powell (1951) LSE; Castellanos (1970a) N; Castellanos (1982a); Bouchet & Warén (1993) c; Forcelli (2000)
Combining Genera:  Ataxocerithium Bittium

Cerithium caelatum Gould, 1849, p. 120, [Gould 1860, pl. 10, fig. 174-174d]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Couthouy MS
Type Locality: "Terra del Fuego"
Range: 55.5°S to 55.8°S; 68°W to 67.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Gould (1849) M; Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW; Strebel (1905b) s
Combining Genera:  Bittium


Partial List of References

Gould, A. A. 1849. [Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121..
Philippi, [R.] A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 50-71.

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