Range: 12°N to 9.5°N; 78°W to 65°W Depth: 10 to 45 m Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Synonymy
Voluta porcellana Gmelin, 1791 Voluta albida Bosc, 1802 Marginella tessellata auct. non Lamarck, 1822 Marginella lavelana auct. non Hodson, 1927
Details
Voluta porcellanaGmelin, 1791, p. 3449, [Chemnitz, 1788, pl. 150, fig. 1419-1420] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: in Oceano Indico Range: 11°N to 9.5°N; 78°W to 65°W Depth: 45 m Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm Distribution: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla la Tortuga References: Dautzenberg (1900) DNE; Díaz & Puyana (1994) SWM Comments: Not Eastern Pacific.
Voluta albidaBosc, 1802b, p. 44, [Chemnitz, 1788, pl. 150, fig. 1419-1420] [Synonym] Type Locality: mer des Indes References: Roth & Emerson (1982) s
Marginella lavelana auct. non Hodson, 1927, [Not available] References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) s Comments: Misidentification by Weisbord (1962); placed with P. obesa by Macsotay & Campos (2001).
Marginella tessellata auct. non Lamarck, 1822, [Not available] Range: 12°N to 9.5°N; 78°W to 70°W Depth: 10 m Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm Distribution: Panama, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela References: Petuch (1981a) NE; Roth & Emerson (1982) s; Cossignani (2006e) dSWM Comments: Misidentification.
Partial List of References
Bosc, L. A. G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles 5 [iii] + 256 pp., [lacking in ANSP copy??]. Deterville: Paris. [Stated date: An X.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
