Pseudolatirus Bellardi, 1884 revisited, with the description of two new genera and five new species (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae)
Author
Kantor, Yuri I.
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Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospect 33, 119071, Moscow, Russian Federation. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, F- 75005, Paris, France. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - 1195, USA.
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Author
Fedosov, Alexander E.
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Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospect 33, 119071, Moscow, Russian Federation. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, F- 75005, Paris, France. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - 1195, USA.
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Author
Snyder, Martin Avery
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Author
Bouchet, Philippe
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pbouchet@mnhn.fr
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-05-07
433
1
57
journal article
22377
10.5852/ejt.2018.433
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Okutanius aikeni
(
Lussi, 2014
)
gen. et comb. nov.
Fig. 9
H–I
Pseudolatirus aikeni
Lussi, 2014: 10–11
, color images of
holotype
.
Pseudolatirus aikeni
–
Mallard & Robin 2017: 151
.
Type material
Holotype
South Africa
: off
Park Rynie
,
southern KwaZulu
– Natal,
110 m
, SL 25.6 mm, SW 10.3 mm (
NMSA
W9698
/T3896).
Description
Shell strong, fusiform, up to 25.6 mm. Protoconch and uppermost teleoconch whorls eroded, protoconch conical, multispiral, of 3+ whorls (protoconch tip broken off). Teleoconch with regularly strongly convex whorls, with medium long siphonal canal. Aperture broad, oval, with nearly smooth columella with very weak ridges in the lower part, corresponding to spiral cords not completely overlaid by callus. Spiral sculpture of unevenly spaced distinct cords of varying strength; axial ribs strong, weakly opisthocline, and closely spaced, not aligned along the spire. Background colour creamy, with two darker brown spiral bands and more dark shell base. Primary spiral cords white.
Distribution
Only known from the
type
locality.
Remarks
The dead collected and partially distorted
holotype
is the only known specimen. In ventral view it is clearly seen that the shell axis is not straight, and the strongly recurved leftwards siphon is the result of abnormal shell growth. Pending knowledge on the body and radula, we tentatively allocate this species to
Okutanius
gen. nov.
, based on shell resemblance to sequenced species of the genus.