Range: 23°S to 41°S; 62°W to 43°W Depth: 45 to 100 m Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Details
Chemnitzia americanad'Orbigny, 1840, p. 397, pl. 53, figs. 17-19 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brésil; baie de San-Blas, Patagonie Range: 23°S to 41°S; 62°W to 43°W Depth: 45 to 100 m Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo; Argentina: Buenos Aires References: d'Orbigny (1840) NEW; Castellanos (1970a) S; Rios (1975) Dd; Aguirre (1993) T Comments: Pimenta & Absalao (2001) state that the lectotype (from Argentina) designated by Aguirre (1993) does not match the original figure or description, and is not a turbonillid; they intend to apply to the ICZN to have the designation set aside and the remaining paralectotype (from Rio de Janeiro) declared the lectotype. They also state that specimens figured as T. americana by Rios (1994) and Castellanos (1967) are misidentified.
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1840. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 377-424, pls. 53, 67, 70-71. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1840.]
