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Gastropoda: : Nacelloidea: Nacellidae

Nacella deaurata (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 38°S to 56°S; 70°W to 57.5°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 61  mm

Synonymy

Patella aenea (Martyn, 1784) 
Patinigera aenea (Martyn, 1784) 
Lepas aenea Martyn, 1784
Patella deaurata Gmelin, 1791
Patella varicosa Reeve, 1854
Nacella strigatella Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
Helcioniscus bennetti Preston, 1913

Details


Patella deaurata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3719, [Chemnitz 1788, pl.168, f.1616a-b; N. Danz. Abh. 1, pl.3, f.11A-B; Favan. 1, pl.1, f.D1, pl.3, f.D3]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'streto magellanico et ad insulas Falkland'
Range: 38°S to 55°S; 70°W to 57.5°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 61 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz; Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Castellanos (1970a) NE; Powell (1973) SWM; Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) DW
Comments: Zelaya (2005a) doubted Lamy's (1911) report from South Georgia.

Lepas aenea Martyn, 1784,  fig. 17
[Not available]
Type Locality: Falkland Island
Distribution: Falkland Islands, Straits of Magellan
References: Pelseneer (1903); Powell (1973) s
Comments: Non-binominal work.
Combining Genera:  Patella Patinigera

Helcioniscus bennetti Preston, 1913, p. 221, pl. 4, fig. 7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Range: 51.8°S to 51.8°S; 58°W
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands
References: Preston (1913) NSEWM; Powell (1973) s

Nacella strigatella Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885, p. 110-111, [Rochbrune & Mabille 1889, pl. 5, fig. 8]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cap Horn
Range: 56°S to 56°S; 67.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1885) NSEWM; Powell (1973) s

Patella varicosa Reeve, 1854b,  pl. 11, fig. 21a-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Tierra del Fuego
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Pelseneer (1903); Powell (1973) s


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Martyn, T. 1784. The Universal Conchologist The Universal Conchologist 1 [iv] + 27 pp., frontispiece, 40 pls. Author: London.
Preston, H. B. 1913. Descriptions of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11 218-223, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Feb 1913; true date: pre 24 Feb.]
Reeve, L. 1854. Monograph of the genus Patella Conchologia Iconica 8 pls. 2-24
Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1885. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (7)9 100-111. [True date: post 30 May.]

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