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 b3b05d51-3aeb-49c7-bbc1-0365bc92c886 1175-5326 8391375 F34F6B3C-F251-4D8E-B002-A96BD70CA1BE Beringius bisulcatus n. sp. Figures 10 A–D urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B8930F25-B8C4-487E-B676-74AEC4611762 Type locality: Tanaga Bay , Tanaga Island , Andreanof Ids., Aleutian Is. , Alaska ( 51°44.5 N , 178°07.68 W ), 95 m ( NMFS 23-199701 - 137 ) . Type material. Holotype : LACM 3573, 100.9 mm . ( leg. RNC , 14 July, 1997, trawled, R/V Dominator ) ; Paratypes : Pt 1, LACM 3610 , Tanaga Pass , SW of Tanaga Island , Andreanof Ids. ( 51°44.31 N , 178°09.16 W ), 88 m ( NMFS 23-199701 - 132 ); Pt 2, SBMNH 169003 , S of Tanaga Island , Andreanof Ids. ( 51°33.91 N , 178°04.93 W ), 183m . (143-200401-112); Pt 3, RNC 4475 , 115.0 mm, Type locality . Referred material. RNC 4802 , 2 sp. , 42.0 & 27.5 mm , (Topotypes) . Description: Shell of moderate size (to 115 mm , RNC 4475), pyriform, whitish, aperture often tinted light brown; periostracum relatively thick, adherent; protoconch with 2.5 whorls, 4.5 teleconch whorls; final whorl with 13–20 prominent axial ribs, interspaces broader than ribs; spiral sculpture of several faint to moderately strong cords, forming low knobs where they intersect the axials; axial ribs interrupted by broad spiral channel above the suture, another of lesser width below the shoulder, and sometimes an even narrower one closer to the sutural channel; base with five to seven cords; spiral micro-sculpture lacking; axial micro-sculpture limited to growth lines. Aperture large, canal short, broad. In paratype three ( Fig. 10 B ), the spiral cords and sulci are more subdued than in the holotype and paratype one, and there are more numerous axial ribs. Radula. (Fig. 36). Rachidian tooth broader than long, lateral edges rounded, anterior edge flattened, posterior edge indented. Lateral teeth tricuspid, outer cusp, long, slender, distal half curved, tapering; central cusp small, about 1/5 or less the length of outer cusp, slender, separated from outer cusp by basal notch; inner cusp about twice as thick as central one, thumb-like in form. Remarks: In paratype three ( Fig. 10 B ), the spiral cords and sulci are more subdued than in the holotype and paratype one, and there are more numerous axial ribs. FIGURE 9. A–C . Beringius amliensis n. sp. ; A . Holotype, LACM 3572, N of Amlia Island, 149 m, 120.7 mm; B . Paratype 4, RNC 4502, N of Amlia Island, 72 m, 116.2 mm; C . Radula, Holotype, bar = 200 µm; D–G . Beringius incisus (Dall, 1907) ; D . Holotype, USNM 110488, Petrel Bank, 9 5 m, 75 mm; E . RNC 4463, Atka Island, 73 m, 93.8 mm; F . RNC 4883, Petrel Bank, 81 m, 72.4 mm; G . Radula, RNC 4883, bar = 200 µm. FIGURE 10. A–D . Beringius bisulcatus n. sp. ; A . Holotype, LACM 3573, Tanaga Island, 95 m, 100.9 mm; B . Paratype 3, RNC 4475, S of Gareloi Island, 182 m, 115.0 mm; C . RNC 4802, Tanaga Island, 95 m, 42.0 mm; D . Radula, RNC 4801, bar = 200 µm; E–G . Beringius kiskensis n. sp. E . Holotype, LACM 3574, Kiska Island, 97 m, 85.4 mm; F . Paratype, RNC 4910, E of Kiska Island, 96 m, 112.7 mm; G . Radula, RNC 4910, bar = 200 µm. This species resembles Beringius undataformis n. sp. but differs in possessing sulci, and in lacking the lamellar periostracum. The sulci, particularly the more prominent one at the suture sets this species apart from all other known Beringius . Etymology: From the Latin for two sulci. Distribution: Central Aleutian Islands, known only from the vicinity of Tanaga Island and Amchitka Pass ( 178°W to 179°10W ). A short-range endemic. Habitat: Found on black sand and gravel bottoms, at depths of 88–182 m , with a bottom temperature of about 4.3°C.