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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum nivosum (Hinds, 1844)


Range: 22°N to 18.8°N; 90.5°W to 87°W
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Marginella nivosa Hinds, 1844
Cryptospira nivosum (Hinds, 1844) 
Egouena nivosum (Hinds, 1844) 
Marginella gundlachi Weinkauff, 1879

Details


Marginella nivosa Hinds, 1844d, p. 74
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 22°N to 18.8°N; 90.5°W to 87°W
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo
References: Hinds (1844d) M; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) S; Cossignani (2006e) T
Combining Genera:  Cryptospira Egouena

Marginella gundlachi Weinkauff, 1879, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Dunker MS
References: Arango (1880: 188); Wagner & Abbott (1978) s
Comments: Nude name in synonymy of M. nivosa.


Partial List of References

Hinds, R. B. 1844. Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulfur, and from the collection of Mr. Cuming Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 12 72-77.

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