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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turrinae

Polystira formosissima (E. A. Smith, 1915)


Range: 22.93°S to 35.03°S; 55.25°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 13 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma albicarinata auct. non Sowerby, 1870
Turris formosissima E. A. Smith, 1915

Details


Turris formosissima E. A. Smith, 1915, p. 94, pl. 2, fig. 10
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Sta. 42, off Rio de Janeiro, 40 fms. [22°56'S, 41°34'W]
Range: 22.93°S to 35°S; 53°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 13 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay
References: E. A. Smith (1915) DNE

Pleurotoma albicarinata auct. non Sowerby, 1870, 
[Not available]
Range: 35.03°S to 35.03°S; 55.25°W
Depth: 24 m
Distribution: Uruguay
References: Watson (1886) DdNSEW; Klappenbach (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by Watson (1886).


Partial List of References

Smith, E. A. 1915. Mollusca. Part I.--Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology 2 61-112, pls. 1-2. British Museum (Natural History): London. [Stated date: 27 Mar 1915.]

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