Species / Dolomena Plicata
Stromboidea
Original Description of Lambis plicata by Röding, 1798, p. 65:
Locus typicus: Red Sea (designated by Abbott, 1960) History and Synonymy Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798: 65) (Lambis)
1787 Chemnitz & Martini 1787-1788 p. 217 : Das Besaanssegel aus dem rothen Meere. Strombus vittatus maris rubri.
Strombus vittatus maris rubri Chemnitz, 1787 pl. 157 Fig. 1496 Ex Museo Spengleriano 1791 Gmelin, 1791:3517 cited as Strombus vittatus var. [delta] Chemnitz, 1787, pl. 157, fig. 1496, which was cited by Röding, 1798. 1834 Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834: Strombus deformis, pl. 25, fig. 5, cited by Sowerby, 1842
1842 Strombus deformis G.B. Sowerby 1842 (1847), p. 27:
Strombus deformis in Sowerby, 1842, pl. VI, fig. 1, 8 Strombus plicatus in Gray, 1842, pl. 2, fig. 5
Comment
Comment Kronenberg: There is no male copulatory organ visible; all I can see is (from above to below)
1851 Strombus deformis in Reeve, 1851, Strombus, pl. 19, fig. 55 a, b
1960 Localities (Abbott, 1960)
Specimens from private collections Strombus (Dolomena) plicatus plicatus (Röding, 1798); Ras Matarma, south west of Sinai, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; dead on beach; 1969; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 713 Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); Ras Zafarana, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; 9/1992; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 6323 Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); Ras Zafarana, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; 67 mm, 53 mm, 50 mm, 49 mm; Coll. Christian Börnke Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); Sharm el Naga, Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; dead on beach, 70,7 mm; Coll. Kronenberg no. 5496 Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); Red Sea; Coll. Kronenberg no. 5497 Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); Ras Matarma, south west of Sinai, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; live on muddy sand near a reef spot in 3 m; they were 90% covered with the muddy sand; Coll. Ibrahem Olwy Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); Ras Matarma, south west of Sinai, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; live on muddy sand near a reef spot in 3 m; they were 90% covered with the muddy sand; 56 mm; Coll. Ibrahem Olwy Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); 10 km south of Safaga, west coast Gulf of Suez, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; collected on a large, muddy sandflat with old coral blocks, by low tide on sand; 1988; Coll. Koenraad de Turck Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798); south of Quseir, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea; 59 mm; Coll. Manuel Pietzonka References: |