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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Oenopotinae

Propebela nobilis (Möller, 1842)


Range: 75°N to 44°N; 70.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 11 to 1102 m (live 11 to 400 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Synonymy

Oenopota turricula auct. non Montagu, 1803
Pleurotomina nobilis (Möller, 1842) 
Oenopota nobilis (Möller, 1842) 
Bela nobilis (Möller, 1842) 
Defrancia nobilis Möller, 1842
Lora nobilis (Möller, 1842) 
Defrancia lactea Reeve, 1846
Pleurotoma molleri Reeve, 1846
Bela rugulata auct. non Reeve, 1846
Rhodopetoma erosa auct. non Schrenk, 1867
Turritoma candida auct. non Yokoyama, 1926
Bela brevispira Loyning, 1931
Turritoma venusta auct. non Okutani, 1964

Details


Defrancia nobilis Möller, 1842a, p. 85
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland [Frederikshaab or Igaliko; see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 75°N to 44°N; 70.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 11 to 1102 m (live 11 to 400 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Labrador; USA: Maine
References: Möller (1842a) {M}; Posselt & Jensen (1899) NM; Thorson (1944) dLl{N}; Bousfield (1964) {d}; Rex & Warén (1982) DW; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {N}
Combining Genera:  Bela Lora Oenopota Pleurotomina

Bela brevispira Loyning, 1931, 
[Synonym]
References: Bogdanov (1990) s

Turritoma candida auct. non Yokoyama, 1926, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Ito et al. (1986).

Rhodopetoma erosa auct. non Schrenk, 1867, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Ito (1967).

Defrancia lactea Reeve, 1846a, p. species 324
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Möller
Type Locality: Greenland
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s?
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Pleurotoma molleri.

Pleurotoma molleri Reeve, 1846a,  pl. 35, fig. 324
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Greenland
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s?
Comments: As mölleri in Reeve's index.

Bela rugulata auct. non Reeve, 1846, 
[Not available]
References: Thorson (1941) s
Comments: Misidentification by Troschel (1866).

Oenopota turricula auct. non Montagu, 1803, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification by Petrov (1982).

Turritoma venusta auct. non Okutani, 1964, 
[Not available]
References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Ito (1985).


Partial List of References

Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40

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