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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Calliostoma cf. moebiusi
Strebel, 1905
Fig. 2E
Calliostoma möbiusi
Strebel, 1905a
: 133
, pl. 5, fig. 22;
Melvill & Standen, 1912
: 121
Examined material.
1 an. and 5 sh. (MACN-In 40665).
Description.
Shell width to
10.1 mm
(up to
16.6 mm
according to
Strebel 1905a
); pyramidal, solid. Protoconch of 1.25 convex whorls. Teleoconch of up to 5 whorls, almost straight in outline; last whorl comprising about 70% of total shell height. Suture impressed. Surface pink, with narrow, white spiral bands; firsts two whorls sculptured with 3 or 4 spiral cords, vanishing on subsequent whorls; last whorl with a weak cord at base. In addition, faint growth lines are evident along all teleoconch whorls. Aperture subquadrate, interior iridescent; columellar callus expanded over the umbilical area. Operculum rounded, multispiral; pale brown, translucent.
Remarks.
The material studied here resembles
C. moebiusi
Strebel, 1905
. However it differs by having teleoconch sculpture less developed.