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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Philinidae

Philine quadrata (S. V. Wood, 1839)


Range: 68°N to 35°N; 70.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 37 to 1752 m (live 200 to 1752 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Bulla quadrata S. V. Wood, 1839
Ossiania quadrata (S. V. Wood, 1839) 
Laona quadrata (S. V. Wood, 1839) 
Philine scutulum Lovén, 1846
Philine formosa Stimpson, 1851
Philine grandis Leche, 1878

Details


Bulla quadrata S. V. Wood, 1839, p. 461, pl. 7, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Coralline Crag, Sutton, England
Range: 68°N to 35°N; 65°W to 0°W
Depth: 37 to 1752 m (live 200 to 1752 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Lemche (1941a) lM; Marcus & Marcus (1969) {L}W; Clarke (1974) DL
Comments: E. A. Smith's (1890b: 297) record from St. Helena needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Laona Ossiania

Philine formosa Stimpson, 1851, 
[Synonym]
Range: 42.5°N ; 70.5°W
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Stimpson (1851c) NSEW; Thompson (1988) s

Philine quadrata var. grandis Leche, 1878, p. 75, [Wood (1848) pl. 21, fig. 9]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Several localities

Philine scutulum Lovén, 1846, p. 141
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Finmark
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Greenland
References: Lovén (1846) M; Thompson (1988) s


Partial List of References

Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.]
Lovén, [S. L.] 1846. Nordens Hafs-Mollusker Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3 134-160. [Stated date: 13 May 1846.]
Wood, S. V. 1839. On the fossil shells of the Crag Magazine of Natural History (2)3 460-465, pl. 7.

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