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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Dentimargo aureocinctus (Stearns, 1872)


Range: 29.7°N to 4°S; 95°W to 41°W
Depth: 0 to 165 m (live 7 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.7  mm

Synonymy

Marginella aureocincta Stearns, 1872
Volvarinella aureocinctus (Stearns, 1872) 
Marginella immaculata Dall, 1890
Dentimargo polyspira auct. non Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Details


Marginella (Glabella) auroecincta [sic] Stearns, 1872, p. 22, 390
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Long Key, west Florida
Range: 29.7°N to 4°S; 95°W to 41°W
Depth: 0 to 165 m (live 7 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.7 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara
References: Menzel (1963) N; Rice & Kornicker (1965) {W}; Sykes & Hall (1970) l; Odé (1986b) LW; Cossignani (2006e)
Comments: Records from North Carolina and Virginia may be misidentifications of Dentimargo smithii. Originally misspelled auroecincta, correct as aureocincta in index, p. 390.
Combining Genera:  Volvarinella

Marginella auricincta sic, 
[Not available]
References: Campbell (1993) s
Comments: Error for aureocincta by Mansfield (1935).

Marginella aureocincta var. immaculata Dall, 1890c, p. 53
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 22°N to 20°N; 91°W to 87°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.9 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo

Dentimargo polyspira auct. non Olsson & Harbison, 1953, 
[Not available]
References: Campbell (1993) s
Comments: Misidentification by Ward & Blackwelder (1987).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1890. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3 1-200, pls. 1-12. [Stated date: -- Aug 1890.]
Stearns, R. E. C. 1872. Descriptions of new species of marine mollusks from the coast of Florida Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 15 21-24. [Stated date: -- Aug 1872.]

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