The Family Seguenziidae Verrill, 1884 in the Northeast Pacific, including a comment on excessive numbers of taxonomic data portals
Author
Geiger, Daniel L.
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Zoosymposia
2019
2019-02-19
13
61
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journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.7
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Seguenzia stephanica
Dall, 1908
(
Figure 2
G–H)
Seguenzia stephanica
Dall, 1908: 325
.
Holotype
USNM
123034
.
Ventana Bay
,
Baja California
,
1820 m
.
Seguenzia caliana
Dall, 1919: 344
.
Holotype
USNM 207674
.
Off San Diego
,
California
, 417 fms [=
762 m
].
New
synonym.
Seguenzia certoma
Dall, 1919: 343
.
Holotype
USNM
211167
.
Off Point Loma
,
San Diego
,
California
, 565–680 fms [=
1033– 1243 m
].
New
synonym.
Description.
Shell to
8 mm
, globular biconical; carinated spiral cords below suture, strongest one mid shoulder, approximately 8–15 from periphery to umbilicus, count increasing with size; intercalated spiral lines at best faint; axial cordlets distinct. Umbilicus very narrow in small specimens, closed by callus in larger shells. Columellar wall thickened, terminating in sharp spur. Flaring of lip variable depending on size, preservation of specimen.
Distribution.
Aleutian Islands, Alaska (
175°E
) to
Peru
(
3° S
).
750–5100 m
.
Remarks.
Smaller specimens have proportionally more pronounced spiral and axial sculpture. The
types
of the three nominate taxa represent growth stages of the same species.