A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic
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O, Va L E R I A T E S
Author
Pastorino, Guido
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Zootaxa
2011
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10.5281/zenodo.207201
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Olivancillaria contortuplicata
(
Reeve, 1850
)
Figures 8
F–H; 9 A–D
Oliva contortuplicata
Reeve, 1850
: pl. 20, fig. 51;
Marrat 1871
: 27
, pl. 20, figs. 332–333.
Agaronia contortuplicata
. Adams & Adams 1853: 142;
Gray 1858
: 52
.
Oliva (Olivancillaria) auricularia
.
Tryon 1883
: 90
–91, pl. 36, fig. 94 (
non
Lamarck, 1811
).
Olivancillaria contortuplicata
.
Barattini & Ureta 1961
: 128
, pl. 37;
Burch & Burch 1964
: pl. 7, fig. 7;
Thomé 1966
: 167
;
Sicardi 1967
: 57
;
Rios 1970
: 100
, pl. 30;
Figueiras & Sicardi 1973
: 261
, pl. 14 fig. 188;
Rios 1975
: 110
, pl. 32, fig. 463;
Rios 1985
: 109
, pl. 37, fig. 483;
Abbott & Dance 1986
: 193
;
Calvo 1987
: 162
, fig. 143;
Tursch 1988
: 246
;
Rios 1994
: 142
, pl. 45, fig. 606;
Scarabino 2004
: 322
; Scarabino
et al
. 2006: 145, fig. 1; Carranza 2007: 22;
Rios 2009
: 268
, N° 663.
Diagnosis.
Shell small (up to 35.1 mm in length); spire high, apex never covered by callus; columella with a conspicuous groove, posterior to columellar folds; shell grayish, fasciolar band whitish, with light brown areas.
Description.
Shell small oval-oblong; the thinnest of the species discussed (~0.4 mm), smooth; protoconch of 1 1/2 translucent whorls, transition to teleoconch indistinct; spire high, of 4 convex whorls, suture channeled; columellar callus faint, extended just towards suture; aperture elongated, about 3/4 of total shell length; outer lip smooth slightly curved; posterior part of columella slightly convex, smooth with a marked, groove posterior to the anterior columellar folds; 4–5 anterior oblique folds, 2–3 conspicuous folds parallel to columellar edge; fasciolar band distinctive; shell whitish with light brown areas; posterior groove deep; siphonal channel deep (
Figures 8
F– H).
Shell ultrastructure of three layers: as in
O
. urceus
; (
Figure 9
B).
Radula (
Figure 9A
) as in
O
. auricularia
.
The penis is similar to the other species of the genus, with the tip slightly pointed (
Figure 9
C) as in
O
. urceus
. Siphon large with numerous branched papillae in the distal tip (
Figure 9
D) as in
O
. urceus
.
Distribution.
Imbituba (
28°07’S
;
48°41’W
), Santa Catarina state,
Brazil
to La Paloma (
34°39’S
;
54°09’W
), Rocha department,
Uruguay
, usually intertidal.
Type
material.
Holotype
NHMUK
20100471 (
Figures 8
F–H).
Type
locality.
It was originally cited from the coast of
Senegal
, Africa. There were no other reports from this locality after the original description. It is probably mistaken.
Barattini & Ureta (1961)
and subsequent authors cited this species from the coast of
Uruguay
and
Brazil
.
Other material examined.
Brazil
.
Imbituba, Santa Catarina (SC):
MORG
25083 (intertidal); Laguna, SC:
MORG
47896; Tramandaí, Rio Grande do Sul (RS):
MZUSP
51084,
MNRJ
843, 2881; São José do Norte, RS:
MNRJ
774; Rio Grande, RS:
MZUSP
51268,
MNRJ
3595; Cassino, RS:
MORG
30, 11892 (intertidal), 39156; Chuí, RS:
MNHNM
9094,
MNRJ
8538,
MORG
88535, 886, 9292, 10576,
MZUSP
33088; RS:
MORG
3188, 3318 (intertidal), 4543 (intertidal), 7343, 8006, 9137, 9401, 9857, 15667, 17739, 31379 (intertidal),
MZUSP
10648, 16200.
Uruguay
. Chuy, Rocha:
MNHNM
3160; La Coronilla, Rocha:
MLP
4334-2, 9584,
MNHNM
279, 3159, 9088, 9090, 9091, 9092, 9096, 9097, 9098, 9552,
MNRJ
1217, 6451, 6531,
MORG
16243, 19070, 32615, 47368 (intertidal), 49178 (intertidal), 50305,
NMR
62170; La Paloma, Rocha:
MNHNM
9095,
MNRJ
841,
MORG
9503,
MZUSP
52030, Punta del Este, Maldonado:
MNHNM
2081,
MORG
11198.
Remarks.
O
. contortuplicata
was well understood since its description, perhaps because the shell is unique and has little variation.
As
far as we know, there are no synonymous names and the species is restricted to southern
Brazil
and
Uruguay
.