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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Oenopotinae

Oenopota cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)


Range: 56°N to 40.02°N; 70.97°W to 0°W
Depth: 13 to 1000 m (live 23 to 236 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16.5  mm

Synonymy

Bela cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842) 
Propebela cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842) 
Fusus cancellatus Mighels & Adams, 1842
Oenopota declivis auct. non Lovén, 1846
Bela canadensis Whiteaves, 1901
Obesotoma hanazakiensis auct. non Habe, 1958

Details


Fusus cancellatus Mighels & Adams, 1842, p. 52-53, pl. 4, fig. 18
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Mighels
Type Locality: Casco Bay, Maine
Range: 56°N to 40.02°N; 70.97°W to 0°W
Depth: 13 to 1000 m (live 23 to 236 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16.5 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Mighels & Adams (1842) EM; Bush (1893) LlNSW; Alexeyev (2003)
Combining Genera:  Bela Propebela

Bela canadensis Whiteaves, 1901, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Verrill & Bush MS
Maximum Reported Size: 15.3 mm

Oenopota declivis auct. non Lovén, 1846, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Macpherson (1971).

Obesotoma hanazakiensis auct. non Habe, 1958, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Ito et al. (1986).


Partial List of References

Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.]

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