Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Margaritidae, and Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD 55) expedition in southeastern Brazil, with description of a new species of Calliostoma
Author
Cavallari, Daniel C.
Author
Salvador, Rodrigo B.
Author
Dornellas, Ana P. S.
Author
Simone, Luiz R. L.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-24
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.1
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Bathymophila euspira
(
Dall, 1881
)
(
Fig. 7
G–L)
Synonymy see
Quinn (1979)
. Complement:
Margarita euspira
Dall, 1881
: 44
.
Trochus euspira
:
Jeffreys, 1883
: 98
, pl. 20, figs 6, 6a, 6b.
Margarites
(
Bathymophila
)
euspira
:
Quinn, 1979
: 5
, figs 1–2.
Bathymophila euspira
:
Marshall, 1999
: 20
.
Margarites euspira
:
Rosenberg
et al.
, 2009
: 624
;
Welch, 2010
: table S1.
Margarites euspirus
:
Miloslavich
et al.
, 2010
: table S6.
Type
material.
Unknown (
Quinn 1979
).
Type
locality.
Cuba
, off
Havana
,
Blake
sta. 2,
23º14’N
,
82º25’W
,
1472 m
.
Previously known distribution.
Portugal
, Gulf of
Mexico
, Caribbean Sea, live specimens from
713–1472 m
(
Rosenberg
et al.
, 2009
).
New occurrence.
Southwestern Atlantic,
Brazil
, off
Espírito Santo
, Abrolhos Slope.
Habitat.
Coralline and muddy bottoms.
Material examined.
Brazil
:
Espírito Santo
:
off
São Mateus
,
Abrolhos Slope
,
19°00’S
,
37°48’W
,
950–1050 m
,
MNHN
, 2 sh;
19°40’S
,
37°48’W
,
MD55
sta.
CB77
, 790–
940 m
,
MNHN
, 1 sh (
27/v/1987
)
.
Measurements.
4½ whorls, H=4.0 mm, D=
4.1 mm
(largest specimen).
Remarks.
The diagnostic spiral sculpture pattern of the early whorls, as well as the overall shell shape and proportions and the large circular aperture, is consistent with
Bathymophila euspira
. The
holotype
of this species could not be located. However, topotypes and the
syntypes
of the variety (and synonym)
B. euspira nitens
Dall, 1881
(USNM 214275, from off
Portugal
), alongside the redescription of
Quinn (1979)
, support the identification of the present specimens.
Bathymophila euspira
is known for its considerable conchological variation, from completely smooth specimens to a variable number of fine spiral striae and having a subsutural spiny spiral thread (
Quinn 1979
). The present specimens lack the subsutural spiral thread and are almost completely smooth (
Fig. 7 G, J
), counting with circa 8 very fine spiral striae on the base of the whorl, circling the umbilicus (
Fig.
7 I
, J
). Moreover, the present specimens have narrower shells than the typical
B. euspira
. The present record greatly extends the species range ca.
6,900 km
to the southeast, which is relatively common for the MD55 material (e.g.,
Calliostoma echinatum
, above).