Species Prosipho glacialis Thiele, 1912

• Prosipho glacialis Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [208, pl. 12, fig. 34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB Moll 63.003a, Gauss Station, Davis Sea, 385 m [66°02'09"S, 89°38'05"E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [158, pl. 61, fig. 2a].
• Trophon priestleyi Hedley, C. 1916. Report on Mollusca from elevatd marine beds, "raised beaches" of McMurdo Sound. British Antarctic Expedition 1907–9 reports on the scientific investigations 2(5): 85-88.

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA C31457, Elevated marine beds, raised beaches off McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea.

  Type locality references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [158, pl. 61, fig. 2c].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [158, pl. 61, figs 2a-f]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Trophon priestleyi Hedley, 1916. —
  Hedley, C. 1916. Report on Mollusca from elevatd marine beds, "raised beaches" of McMurdo Sound. British Antarctic Expedition 1907–9 reports on the scientific investigations 2(5): 85-88

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum-Antarctic

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

321-351 m

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [193, fig. 343]

Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [158, pl. 61, figs 2a-f]

Fraussen, K. 2012. Prosipho glacialis Thiele, 1912. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2012) The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197406 (date accessed 20/8/2012)

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