Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Author
Mclean, James H.
Author
Clark, Roger N.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-26
5351
2
151
201
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
journal article
270509
10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
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Genus
Exiloberingius
n. gen.
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22EAA94C-CE59-4729-86BF-39B49BF46D57
Diagnosis:
shell pyriform, canal short, shell extremely thin, fragile, reinforced with thicker interior deposition along the columella and final lip; periostracum fibrous in thick axial ridges below suture; axial and spiral sculpture weak or lacking.
Type
species:
Exiloberingius fragilis
McLean & Clark
,
n. sp.
(HD).
Remarks:
differs from all other
Beringiinae
by the excessively thin, poorly calcified shell, and the thick, fibrous periostracum. One Aleutian species.