The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca
Author
Ortega, José Rafael
Author
Gofas, Serge
text
Zoosystema
2019
2019-11-28
41
26
513
551
journal article
23381
10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a26
cef5076b-424b-4cdc-8d13-6e472d861e09
1638-9387
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CF16A992-0401-44C8-BEEE-842CE7F1D27E
Narrimania concinna
(Sykes, 1925)
(
Fig. 12
I-K)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 6 sh. and
1 juvenile
spm., DW130.
REMARKS
This species was known so far only from the Mediterranean Sea but, taking into account its protoconch indicating planktotrophic development, is to be expected also in the nearby Atlantic.
Bouchet & Warén (1986)
noted the similarity with the western Atlantic
N. azelotes
(
Dall, 1927
)
but did not reach a decision on whether they are conspecific.
Pimenta
et al.
(2018)
reported both species from Brazil, but their specimens identified as
N. azelotes
(including the
holotype
) match the
syntype
of
N. concinna
from Sicily Channel figured by
Taviani (1984
: fig. 2a, b) and again by
Bouchet & Warén (1986
: figs 1135, 1154) for the number and pattern of spiral cords, with two prominent cords on the middle part of the whorl and an indication of a third one on the subsutural ramp. Admittedly, a large specimen (
7.4 mm
) from Sicily Channel figured by
Taviani (1984
: fig. 3) and again by
Bouchet & Warén (1986
: fig. 1153) has an additional fourth cord on the subsutural ramp but is still quite different from the shells identified as
N. concinna
by
Pimenta
et al.
(2018
: fig. 11) which show four small and evenly distributed cords and could represent an additional species. Specimens are so far too few to understand intraspecific variability and make a final decision of the possible synonymy of
N. azelotes
with
N. concinna
. New to Spanish waters.