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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutomitridae

Paradmete fragillima (Watson, 1882)


Range: 53.85°S to 70.8°S; 180°W to 10.58°W
Depth: 30 to 641 m (live 37 to 270 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.2  mm

Synonymy

Volutomitra fragillima Watson, 1882
Cancellaria typica Strebel, 1908

Details


Volutomitra fragillima Watson, 1882b, p. 334-335, [Watson 1886, pl. 14, figs. 7a-b]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 149d, 49°28'S, 70°13'E, Royal Sound, Kerguelen
Range: 53.85°S to 70.8°S; 180°W to 10.58°W
Depth: 101 to 641 m (live 270 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.2 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank; Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea; Indian Ocean: Kerguelen
References: Dell (1990) DdNEWM; Hain (1990) LlSE; Numanami (1996)

Cancellaria (Paradmete) typica Strebel, 1908, p. 22-23, pl. 3, figs. 35a-f
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Several stations at South Georgia
Range: 53.97°S to 54.5°S; 57.53°W to 35.83°W
Depth: 30 to 252 m (live 37 to 94 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22.6 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Burwood Bank; Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Strebel (1908) DdM; Melvill & Standen (1912) W; E. A. Smith (1915) s; Powell (1951) s; Zelaya (2005a) vLlNSE


Partial List of References

Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1) 111 pp., 6 pls. [Stated date: -- --- 1908; true date: pre 17 July.]
Watson, R. B. 1882. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XII Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 16 324-343. [Stated date: 12 Jun 1882.]

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