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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Philinidae

Philine lima (Brown, 1827)


Range: 82°N to 42.1°N; 70.2°W to 0°W
Depth: 5.5 to 600 m (live 10 to 600 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Bulla lima Brown, 1827
Utriculus lima (Brown, 1827) 
Laona lima (Brown, 1827) 
Bullaea granulosa M. Sars, 1835
Bulla lineolata Couthouy, 1838
Philine quadrata auct. non Wood, 1839
Bullaea punctata Möller, 1842
Philine ossiansarsi auct. non Friele, 1877

Details


Bulla lima Brown, 1827, p. Errata, pl. 38, figs. 39-40
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Greenock
Range: 82°N to 42.5°N; 68°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 600 m (live 10 to 600 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Labrador, Newfoundland, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Georges Bank; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Lemche (1941a) DL; Lemche (1941b) M; Marcus & Marcus (1969) {DL}SEW; Schiötte (1989) dlN
Combining Genera:  Laona Utriculus

Bullaea granulosa M. Sars, 1835, 
[Synonym]
References: Lemche (1941a) s

Bulla lineolata Couthouy, 1838, p. [Couthouy 1839, p. 179-180], pl. 3, fig. 15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Off Race Point, Massachusetts Bay, 25 fathoms, ex pisces (Couthouy 1839)]
Range: 44.7°N to 42.1°N; 70.2°W to 67.2°W
Depth: 5.5 to 55 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm
Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Couthouy (1839) SW{Dd}; Gould (1841) M; Stimpson (1851c) DdNE

Philine ossiansarsi auct. non Friele, 1877, 
[Not available]
References: Lemche (1941b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Thorson (1933, 1934).

Bullaea punctata Möller, 1842a, p. 79
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [Godthaab, West] Greenland [see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 64°N ; 52°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Lemche (1941a) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) NSEW
Comments: Non J. Adams, 1800.

Philine quadrata auct. non Wood, 1839, 
[Not available]
References: Posselt & Jensen (1898) s
Comments: Misidentification by Mörch (1875).


Partial List of References

Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland  [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.]
Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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