Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity
Author
Luca, Javier Di
Author
Zelaya, Diego G.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-10
4544
1
41
78
journal article
27685
10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.2
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1175-5326
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Diaphana paessleri
(Strebel, 1905)
Fig. 5K
Utriculus paessleri
Strebel, 1905b
: 577
, pl. 22, figs. 34, 34a
Diaphana paessleri
—
Schiøtte, 1998
: 90
, figs. 9–10, 11a–i, 19e (
holotype
, synonymy, protoconch and radula)
Examined material.
1 an. and 8 sh. (MACN-In 40706).
Description.
Shell height to
3 mm
(up to
3.3 mm
according to
Schiøtte 1998
); ovate, delicate. Protoconch tilt, translucent in well-preserved specimens, of 1.25 markedly convex whorls. Teleoconch of up to 2 whorls, slightly convex in outline, with prominent shoulder; last whorl comprising about 85% of total shell height. Suture deep, slightly channeled. Surface white; only sculptured with faint growth lines. Aperture elongate-ovate, interior white; columellar callus narrow, expanded over the umbilical area. Umbilicus open, narrow, delimited by a thin rim.