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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Oenopotinae

Oenopota elegans (Möller, 1842)


Range: 70.67°N to 47°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 9 to 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Bela cancellata auct. non Mighels & Adams, 1842
Defrancia elegans Möller, 1842
Propebela elegans (Möller, 1842) 
Bela elegans (Möller, 1842) 
Pleurotoma elegans (Möller, 1842) 
Pleurotoma elegantior S. V. Wood, 1872

Details


Defrancia elegans Möller, 1842a, p. 86
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Range: 70.67°N to 47°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Quebec; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) N; Macpherson (1971) {N}EWM; Thorson (1941) d
Combining Genera:  Bela Pleurotoma Propebela

Bela cancellata auct. non Mighels & Adams, 1842, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification by Tryon (1884, part).

Pleurotoma elegantior S. V. Wood, 1872, 
[Synonymy uncertain]


Partial List of References

Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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