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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Zidona dufresnei (Donovan, 1823)


Range: 23°S to 42°S; 64°W to 44°W
Depth: 15 to 200 m
Maximum Reported Size: 270  mm

Synonymy

Voluta angulata Swainson, 1821
Volutella angulata (Swainson, 1821) 
Voluta dufresnei Donovan, 1823
Cymbiola dufresnei (Donovan, 1823) 
Voluta nasica Schubert & Wagner, 1829
Voluta affinis Lahille, 1895
Voluta distincta Lahille, 1895
Voluta luteola Lahille, 1895
Voluta mixta Lahille, 1895
Voluta similis Lahille, 1895
Voluta typica Lahille, 1895
Voluta ventricosa Lahille, 1895

Details


Voluta dufresnii Donovan, 1823, p. sheet CC [pp. 193-194], pl. 61
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: "east coast of the Cape of Good Hope"; "California in South America"
Range: 23°S to 42°S; 64°W to 44°W
Depth: 15 to 200 m
Maximum Reported Size: 270 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay; Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Kaiser (1977); Poppe & Goto (1992) NSEW; Hutsell, Hutsell & Pisor (1999) M; Coltro (2005a) D
Comments: Original spelling is dufresnii, but the subsequent spelling dufresnei is in prevailing usage and is maintained (ICZN Article 33.3.1.). The plate is dated December 1, 1823, but does not bear the species name. The corresponding text is assumed to have been issued with the plate, but may have appeared in 1824.
Combining Genera:  Cymbiola

Voluta angulata [var.] affinis Lahille, 1895, p. 311, pl. 2, fig. 71, 75-75b, 76; pl. 6, fig. 85-91; pl. 8, fig. 160; pl. 9, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 100 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Brocchi, 1814.

Voluta angulata Swainson, 1821, 
[Synonym]
Range: 32°S to 41°S; 62°W to 51°W
Maximum Reported Size: 160 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: d'Orbigny (1841a) M; Castellanos (1970a) NSEW; Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Lightfoot, 1786.
Combining Genera:  Volutella

Voluta angulata [var.] distincta Lahille, 1895, p. 310, pl. 1, fig. 7-8; pl. 2, fig. 70, 77-77b; pl. 6, fig. 110, 116-118; pl. 8, fig. 167-169; pl. 9, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta dufresnii sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Original spelling of Voluta dufresnii, but the subsequent spelling dufresnei is in prevailing usage (ICZN Article 33.3.1).

Voluta angulata [var.] luteola Lahille, 1895, p. 309, pl. 1, fig. 5-6; pl. 2, fig. 73-73b; pl. 6, fig. 79-81, 107; pl. 9, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 160 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta angulata [var.] mixta Lahille, 1895, p. 309-310, pl. 6, fig. 82; pl. 9, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Galleotti, 1837.

Voluta nasica Schubert & Wagner, 1829, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta angulata [var.] similis Lahille, 1895, p. 310, pl. 6, fig. 83-84, 111-115; pl. 9, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta angulata [var.] typica Lahille, 1895, p. 308-309, pl. 2, fig. 72, 74-74b; pl. 6, fig. 98-106; pl. 9, fig. 1, 4, 7; pl. 12, fig. 30-33
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 145 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Voluta angulata [var.] ventricosa Lahille, 1895, p. 310, pl. 2, fig. 78-78b; pl. 6, fig. 92-97, 108-109, pl. 9, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Non Dillwyn, 1817.


Partial List of References

Donovan, E. 1823. Naturalist's Repository Naturalist's Repository 2 sheet CC [pp. 193-199], pls. 61-63. Author and W. Simkin and R. Marshall. [Stated date: 01 Dec 1823.]
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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