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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Diaphanoidea: Diaphanidae

Newnesia antarctica E. A. Smith, 1902


Range: 53.95°S to 74.05°S; 180°W to 21.85°W
Depth: 94 to 467 m (live 94 to 210 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Newnesia antarctica E. A. Smith, 1902
Anderssonia sphinx Strebel, 1908

Details


Newnesia antarctica E. A. Smith, 1902, p. 208-209, pl. 25, figs. 1-6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cape Adare, Antarctica, 20-24 fms.
Range: 53.95°S to 74.05°S; 180°W to 21.85°W
Depth: 94 to 467 m (live 94 to 210 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia; Antarctica: Weddell Sea
References: Dell (1990) W; Hain (1990) DSEWM; Zelaya (2005a) dLlN

Anderssonia sphinx Strebel, 1908, p. 12-13, pl. 2, figs. 21a-g
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Paulet Insel, Graham Region [Antarctic Peninsula], 63°36'S, 55°48'W
Range: 63.6°S to 63.6°S; 55.8°W
Depth: 150 to 100 m (live 150 to 100 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24.8 mm
Distribution: Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula
References: Strebel (1908) DdLlNSEWM; Minichev (1972) s; Dell (1990) c; Zelaya (2005a) s


Partial List of References

Smith, E. A. 1902. Mollusca Report on the Collections of Natural History made in Antarctic Regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross" 201-213, pls. 24-25 British Museum (Natural History): London. [True date: post 20 Apr.]
Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1) 111 pp., 6 pls. [Stated date: -- --- 1908; true date: pre 17 July.]

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