Undercover speciation of wentletraps (Caenogastropoda: Epitoniidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic
Author
Zelaya, Diego G.
Author
Güller, Marina
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.2
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“
Cirsotrema
” georgeanum nomen novum
(
Figure 10
)
Scalaria fenestrata
Strebel, 1908
: 63
–64, pl. 4, fig. 61a–d (
non
Meneghini in de Stefani, 1875 nor Wöhrmann, 1889)
Cirsotrema fenestrata
:
Powell, 1951
: 114
;
Zelaya, 2005
: 121
Type
locality.
54°11’ S
36°18’W
,
Cumberland Bay
,
South Georgia
252–310 m
.
FIGURE 10.
“
Cirsotrema
” georgeanum
new name, shell. A. Syntype of
Epitonium fenestratum
(SMNH type-918). B, C. Syntype of
Epitonium fenestratum
(ZMH 3139). C. Detail of teleoconch sculpture at the suture. Scale bars: A, B = 10 mm; C = 2 mm.
Type material.
Two syntypes (one syntype at SMNH type-918:
Fig. 10
A; the other syntype at ZMH 3139:
Fig. 10
B, C).
Known distribution.
Only known from South Georgia.
Etymology.
The name of the species refers to its provenance.
Remarks.
Scalaria fenestrata
Strebel, 1908
appears at present as a junior (primary) homonym of
Scalaria fenestrata
Meneghini in de Stefani, 1875
and
Scalaria fenestrata
Wöhrmann, 1889
. Due to the above,
“
Cirsotrema
” georgeanum
is here proposed as a replacement name for Strebel’s species.
In shell morphology,
“
Cirsotrema
” georgeanum
resembles
“
Cirsotrema
”
magellanicum
; both species reach large sizes, and are sculptured with widely separated, lamellate axial ribs, with low but strong spiral elements in the interspaces of axial sculpture, and with a prominent spiral cord at the base. In fact,
Brown & Neville (2015)
suggested that both are probably synonyms. However,
“
Cirsotrema
” georgeanum
differs from
“
Cirsotrema
”
magellanicum
by being slender, with whorls separated by a deeper suture, axial ribs with prominent coronations, and by lacking the auriculate peristome that is present in
“
Cirsotrema
”
magellanicum
. Given these differences, both taxa are here regarded as distinct.