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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 35°S to 55.2°S; 74°W to 54°W
Depth: 0 to 200 m (live 4 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 200  mm

Synonymy

Adelomelon ancilla auct. non Lightfoot, 1786
Adelomelon magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) 
Voluta magellanica Gmelin, 1791
Voluta ambigua Lahille, 1895
Voluta constricta Lahille, 1895
Voluta curta Lahille, 1895
Voluta pseudotuberculata Lahille, 1895
Voluta subnodosa Lahille, 1895
Voluta taeniolata Lahille, 1895
Voluta typica Lahille, 1895
Voluta typica Lahille, 1895
Cymbiola mangeri Preston, 1901
Adelomelon mangeri (Preston, 1901) 

Details


Voluta magellanica Gmelin, 1791, p. 3465, [Knorr 6, pl. 29, fig. 1-2; Favanne, pl. 28, fig. E; Chemnitz 10, pl. 148, fig. 1383-1384]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1788)
Type Locality: 'streto magellanico'
Range: 35°S to 55.2°S; 74°W to 54°W
Depth: 0 to 200 m (live 4 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Dell (1971) dS; Clench & Turner (1964) N{W}; Castellanos (1970a) {DE}; Weaver & DuPont (1970); Kaiser (1977) DEW{M}; Pastorino (1995) l; Bigatti, Marzinelli & Penchaszadeh (2008) LM
Comments: Forcelli's (2000) record of specimens surpassing 300 mm needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Adelomelon

Voluta ambigua Lahille, 1895, p. 319-321, pl. 2, fig. 61; pl. 8, fig. 163-164; pl. 11, fig. 6, 9, 11; pl. 12, fig. 11-16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Adelomelon ancilla auct. non Lightfoot, 1786, 
[Not available]
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Misidentification by Pilsbry & Olsson 1954; Poppe & Goto 1992.

Voluta ambigua [var.] constricta Lahille, 1895, p. 320, pl. 8, fig. 163-164; pl. 11, fig. 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta magellanica [var.] curta Lahille, 1895, p. 318, pl. 7, fig. 148; pl. 8, fig. 165
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 140 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Odontocymbiola magallanica sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for magellanica by Castellanos (1970a).

Cymbiola mangeri Preston, 1901, 
[Synonym]
Range: 52°S to 52°S; 60°W
Depth: 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands
References: Powell (1951) DdNSEWM; Clench & Turner (1964) s; Forcelli (2000)
Combining Genera:  Adelomelon

Voluta ambigua [var.] pseudo-tuberculata Lahille, 1895, p. 320, pl. 11, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta ambigua [var.] subnodosa Lahille, 1895, p. 319, pl. 11, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Leach, 1814.

Voluta magellanica [var.] taeniolata Lahille, 1895, p. 318, pl. 7, fig. 154
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta ambigua [var.] typica Lahille, 1895, p. 319, pl. 12, fig. 11-16
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Voluta magellanica [var.] typica Lahille, 1895, p. 317-318, pl. 1, fig. 11; pl. 2, fig. 64-65a; pl. 7, f. 149; pl. 8, f. 172-177; pl. 11, f. 4; pl. 12, f. 36-37
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Lahille, F. 1895. Contribucion al estudio de las Volutas Argentinas Revista del Museo de la Plata 6 293-332, 12 pls.

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