3585
Author
Shea, M.
Author
Colgan, D. J.
Author
Stanisic, J.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-12-13
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journal article
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Comboynea
n. gen.
?
Gyrocochlea
Hedley, 1924: 215
(in part);
Iredale 1937: 322
(in part);
Iredale 1941a: 267
(in part);
Smith 1992: 190
(in part);
Stanisic
et al
. 2010: 196
(in part).
Type
species.
Comboynea boorganna
n. sp.
—here designated.
Etymology.
For the Comboyne Plateau.
Diagnosis.
Shell very small, orange brown, biconcave or discoidal/planate with tightly coiled whorls, the last inflated. Protoconch sculpture primarily spiral with numerous, prominent, low crowded spiral cords and extremely weak, irregularly spaced, underlying radial ridges; teleoconch with many sinuate radial ribs; microsculpture cancellate consisting of prominent microradial ribs and low microspiral cords, beaded at their intersection. Aperture narrowly to broadly ovately-lunate. Umbilicus wide U-shaped to wide cup-shaped. Penis tubular with an apical verge that has a lateral pore; longitudinal ridge-shaped pilasters present. Epiphallus shorter than penis.
Distribution and habitat.
From the Port Stephens area northward to the Manning River drainage basin, NSW; found in rainforest on volcanics, living under logs and rocks.
Remarks.
Comboynea
gen nov
. is distinguished from
Barringtonica
by the combination of protoconch sculpture and penial anatomy. In
Comboynea
the penis has a verge, and the protoconch sculpture weakly cancellate, consisting of broad spiral cords and very weak underlying radial ridges throughout; in
Barringtonica
the verge is absent and the protoconch sculpture is chiefly spiral, with radial ridges that develop only toward the protoconch/teleoconch boundary.