Deep-water Raphitomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil
Author
Figueira, Raquel Medeiros Andrade
Author
Absalão, Ricardo Silva
text
Zootaxa
2012
3527
1
27
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.210977
8eba0512-d65c-4c36-8c30-6d629fabfff8
1175-5326
210977
Aliceia
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897
Type
species:
Aliceia aenigmatica
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897
by original designation
Remarks
:
Aliceia
has a projection of the outer lip, forming a canal around the anal sinus. This projection is retained as the animal grows, similarly to
Tylotia
Melvill, 1917
and
Eldridgea
Barstch, 1934
. The protoconch is keeled at the middle, sculptured with axial riblets on its lower portion, as seen in
Famelica
Bouchet & Warén, 1980
. The genus, however, is unique in having a deep and broad umbilicus; this trait is not observed in any other turrid species.