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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Orbitestella ponderi
Linse, 2002
Fig. 5A
Orbitestella ponderi
Linse, 2002
: 82
, pl. 9a, figs. 9.1.1 65ā68, pl. 9b, figs. 9.1.1 69ā72 (protoconch and radula)
Examined material.
1 an. and 13 sh. (MACN-In 40697).
Description.
Shell width to
0.7 mm
(up to
1.04 mm
according to
Linse 2002
); discoidal, with spire only slightly raised; delicate. Protoconch of 1.25 bulbous whorls. Teleoconch of up to 2 whorls, markedly convex in outline, with straight shoulder. Suture deep, slightly channeled. Surface white; sculptured with 19 to 24 strong, markedly prosocline, axial ribs per whorl; interspaces with numerous spiral threads. Aperture rounded, interior white. Umbilicus wide, rounded. Operculum rounded, multispiral; pale brown, translucent.