Troschelia berniciensis

Species of gastropod

Troschelia berniciensis
Shell of Troschelia berniciensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Troschelia
Species:
T. berniciensis
Binomial name
Troschelia berniciensis
(King, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Boreofusus berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Buccinofusus berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Boreofusus berniciensis var. solida G. O. Sars, 1878
  • Fusus amblyterus R. B. Watson, 1886
  • Fusus berniciensis W. King, 1846
  • Fusus berniciensis var. elegans Jeffreys, 1867
  • Fusus berniciensis var. inflata Jeffreys, 1877
  • Neptunea aquitanica Locard, 1897
  • Neptunea berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Neptunea berniciensis var. carinata Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia aquitanica Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis (W. King, 1846)
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. carinata Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. elongata Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. major Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. minor Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia berniciensis var. ventricosa Locard, 1897
  • Siphonorbis amblyterus (W. King, 1846)

Troschelia berniciensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 100.2 mm.

(Described as Buccinofusus berniciensis) The whorls are encircled with alternately larger and smaller revolving ridges, decussated by fine growth-lines. The margin of the outer lip is slightly everted. The shell is thin, white and covered with a very thin, light olive epidermis.[2]

The shape of the shell is variable in height and in height-to-breadth ratios, depending on the depth of occurrence and the latitude.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean in deep water between 400 and 1600 m from the Morocco coast to Norway.

References

  1. ^ Troschelia berniciensis (King, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1880-1881) Manual of Conchology III, Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. ^ Celia Olabarria, Patterns of morphological variation of the deep-sea gastropod Troschelia berniciensis (King, 1846) (Buccinidae) from the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; Journal of Molluscan Studies 70(1):59-66 February 2004; DOI:10.1093/mollus/70.1.59
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom
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  • King, W. (1846). An account of some shells and other invertebrate from found on the coast of Northumberland and of Durham. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 233-251
  • Watson, R. B. (1886). Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50.
  • Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1
  • Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341
  • Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)19: 317-339.
  • Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296
Taxon identifiers
Troschelia berniciensis


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