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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Volvarina taeniata (Sowerby I, 1846)


Range: 12.5°N to 0°N; 74.2°W to 25°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Marginella taeniata Sowerby I, 1846
Marginella quadrifasciata Marrat, 1873
Marginella verdensis E. A. Smith, 1875
Marginella minor Jousseaume, 1877

Details


Marginella taeniata Sowerby I, 1846, p. 96
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 12.5°N to 11°N; 74.2°W to 64°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Isla Margarita
References: Dautzenberg (1900) W; Wagner & Abbott (1978) NM; Talavera & Princz (1985) SE

Marginella minor Jousseaume, 1877, 
[Synonym]
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s

Marginella quadrifasciata Marrat, 1873, 
[Synonym]
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s

Marginella (Volvarina) verdensis E. A. Smith, 1875b, p. 200-201
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cape-Verd Islands
Range: 25°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10.5 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands
References: E. A. Smith (1879) EM; Wagner & Abbott (1978) s


Partial List of References

Smith, E. A. 1875. Descriptions of two new species of Marginellidae from the Cape-Verd Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)16 200-201. [Stated date: -- Sep 1875.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Marginella Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14 95-97. [True date: -- Nov 1846.]

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