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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Ocenebrinae

Acanthina monodon (Pallas, 1774)


Range: 51.67°S to 55.5°S; 74°W to 57.73°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 63.8  mm

Synonymy

Rudolpha monodon (Pallas, 1774) 
Buccinum monodon Pallas, 1774
Buccinum calcar Bruguière, 1789
Monoceros calcar (Bruguière, 1789) 
Thais monoceros (Bruguière, 1789) 
Buccinum monoceros Bruguière, 1789
Buccinum narval Bruguière, 1789
Acanthina costata G. Fischer, 1807
Acanthina imbricata G. Fischer, 1807
Acanthina laevigata G. Fischer, 1807
Monoceros glabratus Lamarck, 1816
Monoceros imbricatus Lamarck, 1816
Monoceros albus Sowerby I, 1835

Details


Buccinum monodon Pallas, 1774, p. 33, pl. 3, fig. 3-4
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Solander; Lightfoot (1786)
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 52°S to 55°S; 74°W to 61°W
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
References: Dell (1971) NSEW
Combining Genera:  Rudolpha

Monoceros crassilabrum var. album Sowerby I, 1835i, p. 49
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Apud Valparaiso
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: Chile
References: Sowerby I (1835i) DdLlM

Buccinum calcar Bruguière, 1789, p. 253, [Martyn (1784) vol. 1, fig. 10, vol. 2, fig. 50]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Martyn (1784); Lamarck; Deshayes
Type Locality: Not stated [New Zealand (error by Martyn 1784)]
Range: 51.67°S to 55.5°S; 74°W to 57.73°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 63 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) S; Strebel (1905b) DdWM; Strebel (1908) NE; Dell (1971) s; DeVries (2003) s
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Buccinum monoceros; used as valid by Gray in Dieffenbach (1843).
Combining Genera:  Monoceros

Acanthina costasta [sic] G. Fischer, 1807, p. 175, [Ivanov et al. 1993, pl. 4, fig. 1]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [détroit de Magellan (Bosc 1802: 268) as Bosc's work was cited by Fischer]
Maximum Reported Size: 58.6 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Ivanov et al. (1993) sTM
Comments: Fischer gave the vernacular name as 'La licorne à côtes', therefore costasta in the original description is judged to be an original misspelling of costata.

Monoceros glabratum Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 251-252], pl. 396, figs. 5a-b
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Hupé (1854)
Type Locality: Not stated [Unknown (Lamarck 1822b)]
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Dell (1971) s

Acanthina imbricata G. Fischer, 1807, p. 174-175, [Ivanov et al. 1993, pl. 4, figs. 2-5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: des parages magellaniques
Maximum Reported Size: 63.8 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Ivanov et al. (1993) sTM

Monoceros imbricatum Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 251], pl. 396, figs. 1a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Les mers Magellaniques (Lamarck 1822b)]
Range: 54°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 56 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW; Dell (1971) s

Acanthina laevigata G. Fischer, 1807, p. 175
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 42.2 mm
References: Ivanov et al. (1993) sTM

Buccinum monoceros Bruguière, 1789, p. 253
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1788)
Type Locality: Côtes magellaniques, de celles du Cap Horn, & de la terre du Feu
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
Combining Genera:  Thais

Buccinum narval Bruguière, 1789, p. 253-254
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cap Horn
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego


Partial List of References

Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 1-344. Panckoucke: Paris.
Fischer, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff Museum Demidoff 3 [iv] + ix + 330 pp., 6 pls. Université imperiale: Moscou. [True date: post 30 Dec.]
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.
Pallas, P. S. 1774. Spicilegia Zoologica Spicilegia Zoologica 1(10) 41 + [9] pp., 4 pls. Gottl. August. Lange: Berolini.
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. [Undescribed Shells contained in the collection of Mr. Cuming.] [Genus Monoceros] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3 49-51. [True date: 17 Jul 1835.]

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