Type specimens of Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aplacophora) in the molluscan collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Author Miranda, Marcel S. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CEP 13083 - 970 Campinas, SP, Brasil. & marcelsmiranda @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9594 - 6426 & flaviodp @ unicamp. br; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8193 - 9874 marcelsmiranda@gmail.com Author Strong, Ellen E. 0000-0001-7181-4114 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013, USA. & stronge @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7181 - 4114 stronge@si.edu Author Passos, Flávio D. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CEP 13083 - 970 Campinas, SP, Brasil. & marcelsmiranda @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9594 - 6426 & flaviodp @ unicamp. br; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8193 - 9874 & Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, P. O. Box 6109, CEP 13083 - 970 Campinas, SP, Brasil. & flaviodp @ unicamp. br; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8193 - 9874 marcelsmiranda@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-17 4895 4 581 593 journal article 9220 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.4.8 4460932c-a39b-4b53-9346-2c0cfa8cd6d7 1175-5326 4358964 51F44FE5-BE35-4BD6-B69C-FACD9BB67AA4 hystrix Scheltema & Ivanov, 2000 ; Niteomica Niteomica hystrix Scheltema & Ivanov, 2000: 355–357 ; figs. 20A, 22, 23, 24F–H, 32N, 34; tabs. 1, 2. Type locality. Cape Verde Basin ( 10°30’N , 17°51.5’W ), 1624 m . Type material. Holotype USNM 880679 (1 spm + 1 slide with sclerites) ; Paratypes USNM 880680 (67 spms + 3 slides with sclerites + 1 slide with radula and jaws) , USNM 880681 (1 spm) , USNM 880682 (4 spms) , USNM 880683 (12 spms) , USNM 880684 (8 spms) , USNM 880685 (41 spms) , USNM 880686 (9 spms) .