Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters
Author
Pastorino, Guido
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Genus
Glypteuthria
Strebel, 1905
Type species.
Euthria meridionalis
E.A. Smith, 1881
by subsequent designation of
Tomlin, 1932
.
FIGURE 5.
Pareuthria venustula
Powell, 1951
.
A–C.
holotype, NHMUK 1661491, between Cape Horn and Staten Is., 56°19.5’S, 67°09’W, St. 388 DISCOVERY expedition.
D–E.
MACN-In 40515;
F–G.
MACN-In 40515.
H–I.
Paratype, ANSP 235420.
J.
MACN-In 40514.
K.
MACN-In 40512. Scale bar = 1 cm.
This genus was also cited by
Harasewych & Kantor (2004)
from South Africa with three species included,
G. capensis
Thiele, 1925
,
G. solidissima
Tomlin, 1932
, and
G. sculpturata
Tomlin, 1945
(new name for
G. capensis
Tomlin, 1932
non
Thiele, 1925
).
The
holotype
of
Glypteuthria
(?)
capensis
Thiele, 1925
is housed at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (
ZMB
101552
) and illustrated by
Weaver
&
DuPont
(1970: 183, pl. 78C, D)
.
The
morphology of the shell is similar to
G. meridionalis
, however no soft parts are known and the protoconch appears to be smooth (according to these authors) instead of showing the typical spiral pattern of this species.
Weaver
&
DuPont
(1970)
included
G. capensis
Thiele
in
Fusivoluta
and mentioned the confusion of
Barnard
(1957: 210)
and later
Rehder
(1969: 205)
, who stated that
G. capensis
Thiele
and
G. sculpturata
Tomlin
are synonyms and they belong in
Fusivoluta
.
In
1970,
Rehder
after studying a photograph of
Thiele’s
types
, reported both species as different but again as belonging in
Fusivoluta
.
This
is true only for
G. sculpturata
.
Kilburn
et al.
(2010)
cited
G. c a p e n s i s
Thiele
as part of the
South African
living fauna.
Until
the radula of this species is studied, its inclusion in
Glypteuthria
should be with caution.
The
remaining name
G. solidissima
with a shell with inner apertural denticles does not belong in
Glypteuthria
.
This
species was regarded as a junior synonym of
Afrocominella capensis simoniana
(Petit de la
Saussaye, 1852
)
by
Kilburn
et al.
(2010)
.