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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Cerithiopsidae

Laeocochlis sinistrata (Nyst, 1835)


Range: 63°N to 45.5°N; 57.56°W to 0°W
Depth: 475 to 1420 m (live 574 to 700 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Cerithium sinistratum Nyst, 1835
Cerithiopsis granosa auct. non S. Wood, 1848
Cerithium granosum auct. non S. Wood, 1848
Triforis macandraeae A. Adams, 1856
Triforis nivea M. Sars, 1859
Laiochochlis pommeraniae Dunker & Metzger, 1874
Laeochochlis pommeraniae (Dunker & Metzger, 1874) 
Trichotropis pommeraniae (Dunker & Metzger, 1874) 
Laiocochlis pommeraniae (Dunker & Metzger, 1874) 

Details


Cerithium sinistratum Nyst, 1835,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 62°N ; 53°W to 0°W
Depth: 475 to 1420 m
References: Glibert (1958) T; Bouchet & Warén (1991) v; Bouchet & Warén (1993) DdSEW

Cerithium granosum auct. non S. Wood, 1848, 
[Not available]
Range: 63°N to 45.5°N; 57.56°W to 0°W
Depth: 574 to 1417 m (live 574 to 700 m)
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Davis Strait, Canada: Newfoundland
References: Thorson (1941) LNE; Clarke (1974) DdlSW; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Cerithiopsis

Triforis macandraeae A. Adams, 1856b, p. 1-2
[Synonym]
Attributed to: H. Adams (1858)
Type Locality: Norway
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Laeocochlis macandreae sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for macandraeae by Graham (1988).

Triforis nivea M. Sars, 1859, p. 44, 85
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Asbjornsen ved Bergen

Laiochochlis pommeraniae Dunker & Metzger, 1874, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
References: Bouchet & Warén (1991) s
Combining Genera:  Laeochochlis Laiocochlis Trichotropis


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1856. Description of two new shells discovered by Robert MacAndrew, Esq. on the coast of Norway Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24 1-2.
Sars, M. 1859. Bidrag til en Skildring af den arctiske Molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige Kyst Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1 34-87.

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