Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)

Rosenfeld, Sebastian, Aldea, Cristian, Mansilla, Andres, Marambio, Johanna & Ojeda, Jaime, 2015, Richness, systematics, and distribution of molluscs associated with the macroalga Gigartina skottsbergii in the Strait of Magellan, Chile: A biogeographic affinity study, ZooKeys 519, pp. 49-100 : 68-69

Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833) Fig. 6F

Material examined.

3 spm (6 × 3 - 18 × 9 mm).

Synonymy.

See Houart (2010).

Remarks.

The species that was referred to under the genus Fuegotrophon by Pastorino (2002) that was originally proposed as a subgenus by Powell (1951) based principally on the characteristics of the protoconch and radula. Currently, the name Fuegotrophon pallidus is considered to represent a separate genus ( Houart 2010).

Distribution.

Magellanic: Gulf of Ancud and Gulf of Corcovado ( Cárdenas et al. 2008); Strait of Magellan ( Powell 1951, Mutschke et al. 1998, Osorio 1999, Linse 2002): Desolación Island ( USNM 2010), Punta Santa María, and Punta Santa Ana (this record); Beagle Channel ( Osorio 1999, Linse 2002) and Cape Horn ( Rochebrune and Mabille 1889, Linse 2002, USNM 2010); Malvinas/Falkland Islands ( Melvill and Standen 1907, Powell 1951) and Burdwood Bank ( Melvill and Standen 1907, Strebel 1908, USNM 2010). WTSA: from 38°S toward south ( Morris and Rosenberg 2005). SO: Drake Passage ( Powell 1951) and Crozet Island ( Cantera and Arnaud 1985).