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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum bellulum (Dall, 1890)


Range: 35°N to 6°S; 90.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 500 m (live 7 to 500 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Marginella bella auct. non Conrad, 1868
Marginella bellula Dall, 1890
Marginella inepta Dall, 1890

Details


Marginella bella var. bellula Dall, 1890c, p. 53, pl. 4, fig. 8e
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 20°N to 23°N; 90.5°W to 92.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche Bank
References: Dall (1890c) M; García (2007b) NSEW

Marginella avenacea sic, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 35°N to 6°S; 85°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 500 m (live 7 to 500 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte
References: Abbott (1958) d; Menzel (1963) W; Sykes & Hall (1970) l
Comments: Misspelling and misidentification of avena.

Marginella bella auct. non Conrad, 1868, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 35°N to 4°N; 80°W to 51°W
Depth: 2 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Brazil: Amapa
Comments: Misidentification; Campbell (1993) restricts P. bella to the Plio-Pleistocene.

Marginella bella var. inepta Dall, 1890c, p. 53, pl. 4, fig. 8d
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
References: Dall (1890c) M
Comments: Non Dall, 1927.


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.]

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