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
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10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
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Castaneobuccinum pagodaformis
n. sp.
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Type
locality:
Amutka Pass
, Aleutian Ids.,
Alaska
(52°29.4 N, 171°),
469 m
.
(23-200001-52).
Type material:
Holotype
,
LACM 3593
, 64.0 mm. (
leg.
K. Maslenikov
, 31
May
, 2000)
Paratypes
:
Pt
1,
LACM 3662
,
37.5 mm
(type locality);
Pt
2,
SBMNH 183015
,
54.5 mm
. (type locality);
Pt
3,
LACM 3661
,
50.4 mm
. S of Agattu Island, Near Ids. (
52°19.15 N
,
173°29.8 E
),
93 m
(
RB 86–211
);
Pt
4,
RNC 4231
,
79.5 mm
.
Petrel Bank
,
Rat Ids.
(
52°05.67 N
,
179°22.78 E
),
312 m
.
(
NMFS 94-200201
-
174
)
.
Referred material:
1,
RNC 4671
, S of
Buldir Island
(
51°57.82 N
,
176°01.82 E
). (
NMFS 147-200401
-
188
)
72 m
,
62.5mm
.
Description:
Shell relatively large for genus (to
80 mm
, RNC 4231), tall spired, strongly keeled; dark brown with lighter tone on spiral cords. Protoconch with two whorls; teleconch with six to seven whorls. Axial sculpture lacking. Spiral sculpture dominated by one strongly projecting shoulder cord beginning as a sharp carination on the first teleconch whorl, becoming T-shaped in cross-section on adult whorls; shoulder ramp convex. A second cord of lesser strength just above the suture; base with one weaker cord; entire surface with incised spiral striae. Aperture large, oval, about 1/3 of shell height; outer lip massively thickened, with indentation reflecting the cords, and broad, shallow sinus on shoulder; canal very short, narrow.
Radula: Typical for genus, rachidian tooth sub-rectangular, posterior edge strongly indented; bearing five uniform, well-spaced cusps. Lateral teeth large tri-cuspid, Outer cusp long, slender, curved; middle cusp about half the length of the outer one, slender; inner cusp about 2/3 as long as outer one, very broad, curved.
Remarks:
This species shows strong similarities with
Casteobuccinum
triplostephanum
(Dall, 1919)
, but differs in the much stronger ribs, the primary one (and sometimes the sutural one) of which is T-shaped in section, as well as in the details of the radular teeth.
Etymology:
Named for its pagoda-like form.
Distribution:
Central and western Aleutians, Seguam Pass, SE of Seguam Id. (
170°30 W
) to S of Agattu Id., Near Ids. (
173°30 E
).
72–
469 m
.
Habitat:
Sand, gravel and cobble bottoms with a bottom temperature of 3.7–3.8°C.