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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Peristerniinae

Polygona ogum (Petuch, 1979)


Range: 13°S to 21°S; 40.5°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40.7  mm

Synonymy

Latirus ogum Petuch, 1979
Benimakia ogum (Petuch, 1979) 

Details


Latirus (Polygona) ogum Petuch, 1979b, p. 519-520, fig. 3A-B
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West side of fringing reef around Coroa Vermelha, Abrolhos Reef Complex, Bahia State, Brazil, 17°57'S, 39°13'W, in tide pool
Range: 13°S to 21°S; 40.5°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40.7 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
References: Costa & Moretzsohn (1991) DdLlN{S}W; Rios (1994); Vermeij & Snyder (2003b) S
Combining Genera:  Benimakia


Partial List of References

Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92 510-526. [Stated date: 18 Oct 1979.]

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