Puriana variabilis Chukewiski & Purper, 1985

Fig. 5: 20–21

1985 Puriana variabilis Chukewiski & Purper, p. 314, pl. 2–6.

1992 Puriana variabilis Chukewiski & Purper. Coimbra et al., pl. 2, fig. 10, tabs. 1–4.

1999a Puriana variabilis Chukewiski & Purper. Coimbra et al., p. 374, pl. 3, fig. 8; p. 372, tab. 1.

2004 Puriana variabilis Chukewiski & Purper. Coimbra et al., p. 115, pl. 2, figs. 9–10.

2020 Puriana variabilis Chukewiski & Purper. Machado et al., p. 10, fig. 7M; p. 16, tab. 1.

PRÍINCIPE

Figured specimens. MP-O-2864, RV, length: 0.521 mm, height: 0.276 mm; MP-O-2865, LV, length: 0.529 mm, height: 0.280 mm.

Locality. Trindade Island, site Lixo Bay, Sample M17022 N.

Material. Dead assemblage: 7 RV, 9 LV, 42 C, and 2 juveniles . Living assemblage: 4 adults.

Stratigraphic range. Holocene.

Occurrence and distribution. In the study area, the species occurs in Trindade Island in the following localities: Príncipe Beach, Lixo Bay, Racha Island, Orelhas Bay, North Tip, and Andradas Beach (Tab. 3). It also occurs in other Brazilian territorial waters in the Northern, Northeastern and Eastern shelves, and Tamandaré Bay (see references in the synonymy list).