Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. X. Revision of the genus Archierato Schilder, 1933 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Author
Fehse, Dirk
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Zoological State Collection Munich (ZSM), Departement Mollusca, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 Muenchen, Germany. triviidae @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4053 - 2146
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Author
Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.
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Luiz Ricardo L. Simone, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 42391, 04218 - 970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. lrsimone @ usp. br, lrlsimone @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1397 - 9823
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-09
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journal article
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Archierato galapagensis
(
Schilder, 1933
)
(
Fig. 19
,
46
)
Hespererato marginata galapagensis
Schilder, 1933: 249
, 254, 264 (text fig. 46);
Allan,1956: 144
.
Erato
(
Hespererato
)
galapagensis:
Keen, 1971: 488
(fig. 913).
Hespererato galapagensis
:
Cate, 1977: 363
(text figs. 47, 47a−47c).
Holotype
.
CS 3728
. L
4.1 mm
, W
2.5 mm
, D
2.1 mm
, CT 15, LT 17
Type locality.
Albemarle (Isabela)
Island
, Galapagos Archipelago.
Etymology.
Named after the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Shell mid-sized with length
4 to 5 mm
, robust, ovate, with close-set, coarse labral and irregular, less developed columellar dentition; ventral fold thin, 17 labral and 15 columellar teeth; maximum globosity at posterior third.
Description.
Shell mid-sized, narrowly ovate, with elevated spire. Protoconch and subsequent whorls covered by thin callus. Suture indistinct. Body whorl ~80% of total height, maximum diameter at posterior third, convexly tapered anteriorly. Anterior ventral margin indented. Dorsum rounded. Dorsal sulcus absent. Whole shell surface covered by very thin, sub-glossy callus. Aperture comprises ~80% of total height, straight, narrow. Labrum narrow, thickened, smooth, flattened ventrally, anteriorly slightly declivous. Outer labral margin rounded, callused, edged at inner margin. Labral teeth coarse, less developed, close-set, irregular,
17 in
number, restricted to labral edge. Siphonal canal short, rounded and blunt. Anal canal simple, sloping. Columella straight, curved without inner carinal ridge and less developed parietal lip. Columellar denticles
15 in
number, coarse, spaced, anterior most forming terminal ridge. Fossula obscured, not delimited from columella. Callosities white; dorsum and apex red-brown.
Variability.
Not enough specimens were available to assess the intraspecific variability.
Distribution.
Known only from
type
locality.
Material examined.
Only the
type
shells were available for study.
Remarks.
Archierato galapagensis
is restricted to the
Galapagos
Archipelago. Unfortunately,
Schilder (1933: 249
, 254, 264) based his description on a beached and damaged
holotype
. Therefore, its coloration is not representative. However, the shell morphology is distinctive from
A. columbella
and
A. panamaensis
. The ovate shell outline is in great contrast to the pyriform shells of the latter two species.
Rather smooth specimens of
Hespererato scabriuscula
are usually offered by shell dealers and others (e.g. Femorale website) as
H. galapagensis
. However,
A. galapagensis
is a much smaller species with finer dentition, narrow aperture and completely smooth shell.