Abyssal fauna of the UK- 1 polymetallic nodule exploration area, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Mollusca
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Wiklund, Helena
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Taylor, John D.
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Dahlgren, Thomas G.
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Todt, Christiane
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Ikebe, Chiho
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Rabone, Muriel
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Glover, Adrian G.
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ZooKeys
2017
707
1
46
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.707.13042
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.707.13042
1313-2970-707-1
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Ledella sp. (NHM_381)
Material examined.
NHM_144 NHMUK 20170050, collected 2013-10-11, 13.75833 -116.69852, 4080 m. http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08d5c39f-b1e4-43d7-a8ea-2fe9abc05752
NHM_381 NHMUK 20170049, collected 2013-10-19, 13.93307 -116.71628, 4182 m. http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8f077dac-baac-4fef-b6a1-7fd02d5f0070
Description.
Ovoid with short rostrum, shell shiny sub-translucent. Sculpture of fine closely spaced commarginal lamellae. Specimen NHM_381 length 2 mm (Fig. 8).
Figure 8.
Ledella
sp. (NHM_381). Scale bar: 1 mm. Image attribution Glover, Dahlgren & Wiklund, 2017.
Genetic data.
GenBank NHM_144 16S-MF157458, COI-MF157504; NHM_381 18S-MF157494, COI-MF157521.
Remarks.
This species is morphologically very similar to the new
Ledella knudseni
, its sister taxon in the molecular phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 12), and DNA might be required to properly identify the species. No genetic matches on GenBank.
Ecology.
Found in polymetallic nodule province.