Taxonomical study on the mollusks collected in Marion-Dufresne (MD 55) and other expeditions to SE Brazil: the Fissurellidae (Mollusca, Vetigastropoda)
Author
Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.
Author
Cunha, Carlo M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3835
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437
468
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.2
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1175-5326
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Cornisepta arrepiata
new species
Figures 6–16
Types
.
Holotype
MNHN 25282.
Paratypes
: MNHN 25283, 25 shells, MZSP
102943
, 9 shells, MNRJ 25960, 2 shells, all from
type
locality.
Brazil
. Espírito Santo; continental slope of Abrolhos (MD55; Bouchet, Leal & Métivier col,
27/v/1987
); off Regência,
19°40’S
37°48’W
,
790–940 m
, MNHN 25284, 2 shells, MZSP
102944
, 1 shell (sta. CB77); off Itaúnas,
19°00’S
37°49’W
,
950–1050 m
, MNHN 25285, 2 shells (sta. DC72),
18°59’S
37°48’W
,
607–620 m
, MNHN 25286, 2 shells, MZSP
102945
, 1 shell (sta. DC73).
Type
locality.
Brazil
. Espírito Santo; continental slope of Abrolhos, off Itaúnas,
18°59’S
37°50’W
,
295 m
(MD55 sta. DC75; Bouchet, Leal & Métivier col,
27/v/1987
).
Diagnosis.
Well curved posteriorly. Height 92–98% of length. Sculptured by regularly distributed relatively large, widely spaced pustules, ca. 50 per row (close to aperture), intercalated in successive rows.
Description.
Shell size 3.4 mm; highly conical, well arched posteriorly (Figs 6, 8, 11, 12, 15); height 92–98% of length. White, translucent. Protoconch no longer present. Foramen terminal, apical, elliptical, width ca. 50% of length; turned towards dorsal ca. 2% of aperture area; edges irregular (Figs 7, 13). Shell gradually increasing in width towards aperture, long axis almost circular; apical angle ca. 30°, total shell angle ca. 25°. Outer sculpture uniform mosaic of small pustules (Figs 6–8, 10–13, 15), ca. 50 per row close to aperture, arranged somewhat alternately in adjacent rows; pustules increasing in number from dorsal to ventral; each pustule volcano-shaped, surrounded by smooth space 10 times its width (Fig. 16). Aperture planar, elliptical, width 64% of length; edges irregular. Inner surface smooth, glossy (Figs 9, 14). Septum ca. 60% of shell height; 3 times higher than wide, ventral edge slightly concave, ca. 60% of aperture width; gradually narrowing towards posterior edge of fissure.
Measurements.
Holotype
: 3.4 by 3.6;
paratypes
MNHN 25283 #1: 2.1 by 2.8; #2: 3.3 by 3.4.
Distribution.
Continental slope off Espírito Santo,
Brazil
.
Habitat.
Sandy mud bottoms,
295–1050 m
(dead specimens).
Material examined.
Types
.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the Portuguese language
arrepiada
, meaning bristle hair, in allusion to the outer surface of the shell resembling a bristled skin.