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Gastropoda: : Architectonicoidea: Architectonicidae

Discotectonica discus (Philippi, 1844)


Range: 34.5°N to 13.2°N; 91°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 80 to 329 m (live 90 to 140 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.5  mm

Synonymy

Solarium discus Philippi, 1844
Solarium discoideum Locard, 1886
Solarium peracutum Dall, 1889

Details


Solarium discus Philippi, 1844a, p. 225, pl. 28, fig. 12
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Neapoli
Range: 28°N ; 91°W to 93°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana
References: Philippi (1844a) M; García (2002a) NSEW

Solarium discoideum Locard, 1886, p. 302
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s
Comments: Non J. Sowerby, 1813; unjustified emendation of discus.

Solarium peracutum Dall, 1889a, p. 275, pl. 33, figs. 2, 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Barbados, 100 fms.; Blake sta. 290, off Barbados, 73 fms.; sta. 128, off Frederikstadt, 180 fms.
Range: 34.5°N to 13.2°N; 88.05°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 80 to 329 m (live 90 to 140 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Mississippi; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados
References: Dall (1889a) DSE; Springer & Bullis (1956) W; Porter (1974) LlN; Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) d


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Locard, A. 1886. Catalogue Général des Mollusques Vivants de France--Mollusques Marins  x + 779. Henri Georg: Genève et Bale.
Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2 iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.

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