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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841)


Range: 46.5°S to 70.5°S; 66.56°W to 36.13°W
Depth: 55 to 342 m (live 138 to 138 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Puncturella noachina auct. non Linnaeus, 1771
Emarginula conica d'Orbigny, 1841
Cemoria conica (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Rimula conica (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Cemoria falklandica A. Adams, 1862
Puncturella analoga Martens, 1902
Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912

Details


Emarginula (Rimula) conica d'Orbigny, 1841a, p. 471 [1841], pl. 78, figs. 10-11 [1847]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: îles Malouines [Falkland Islands]
Range: 46.5°S to 70.5°S; 66.56°W to 36.13°W
Depth: 55 to 342 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Santa Cruz; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan; Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Weddell Sea
References: Powell (1951) DE; Castellanos (1979b) dN; Hain (1990) SM
Combining Genera:  Cemoria Rimula

Puncturella analoga Martens, 1902, 
[Synonym]
References: Powell (1951) s

Cemoria falklandica A. Adams, 1862, 
[Synonym]
References: Dall (1890a: 356); Powell (1951) s

Puncturella noachina auct. non Linnaeus, 1771, 
[Not available]
Range: 54.42°S to 54.42°S; 57.53°W
Depth: 102 m
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank
References: Melvill & Standen (1912) DdNSEW; Powell (1951) s
Comments: Misidentification by Watson (1886), Melvill & Standen (1912).

Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912, p. 186-187, pl. 11, fig. 4-10
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Gauss-Station
Range: 52.88°S to 62°S; 55°W to 36.13°W
Depth: 100 to 160 m (live 138 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13.7 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Shetland Islands
References: Dell (1990) dSWM; Zelaya (2005a) DLNE


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 425-488, pls. 72-76, 79-80. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1841.]
Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 13 183-286, pls. 11-19 Georg Reimer: Berlin. [Stated date: -- Aug 1912.]

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