New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae)
Author
Mclean, James Hamilton
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90007 (USA) jmclean @ nhm. org
jmclean@nhm.org
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Zoosystema
2012
2012-06-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n2a10
journal article
10.5252/z2012n2a10
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5165469
Genus
Rhombipoma
n. gen.
TYPE
SPECIES. —
Rhombipoma rowleyana
n. sp.
DIAGNOSIS. — Whorl profile low, rounded; with whorl expansion to make final quarter whorl more projecting, sculpture of about 22 axial ribs; axial ribs absent in on final ∕₆ whorl, replaced by more prominent lamellae (lamellae not evident on earlier whorls); the final prominent lamellae continue to form the final lip; spiral sculpture of two beaded cords at periphery; lip very strongly projecting, of eight projecting axial lamellae.
DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from
type
species, from shallow sublittoral depths, Rowley Shoals, off northwestern
Western Australia
.
REMARKS
This genus is comparable to
Depressipoma
n. gen.
in its small size and low profile, differing in having a rounded, rather than carinate periphery, and in having reduced spiral sculpture on the shoulder and base, compared to that of
Depressipoma
n. gen.
and
Liotipoma
. Whorl expansion is most extreme for all members of the subfamily. The final lip is more projecting than in species of
Liotipoma
and
Depressipoma
n. gen.
, and the lamellae of the projecting lip are larger and fewer, matched in prominence by the lamellae that precede the final lip.