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
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journal article
27685
10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.2
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1175-5326
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Tectonatica impervia
(Philippi, 1845)
Fig. 3F
Natica impervia
Philippi, 1845a
: 65
;
Philippi, 1845b
: 42
, pl. 33, fig. 6;
Melvill & Standen, 1912
: 122
Tectonatica impervia
—
Dell, 1990
: 163
, figs. 249, 274 (synonymy and radula);
Pastorino, 2005b
: 231
, figs. 36–45 (synonymy and radula)
Examined material.
4 sh. (MACN-In 40671)
Description.
Shell height to
11.3 mm
(up to
18.1 mm
according to
Dell 1990
); ovate, solid. Protoconch of about 1 whorl; transition to teleoconch poorly defined. Teleoconch of up to 3.25 whorls, almost straight in outline; last whorl enlarged, very inflated, comprising about 95% of total shell height. Suture impressed. Surface whitish; only sculptured with faint growth lines. Aperture elongate-ovate, interior white; columellar callus strongly thickened, expanded, partially or fully covering the umbilicus.