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N Brazilian deepwater species with shape conic; color mosaic of
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model. Protoconch highly protruded, rather cylindric, of ~3.5 whorls. Spire with plane whorls profile.
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Shell about
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, outline rather conic; ~twice longer than wide. Basic color beige, with mosaic of interrupted, not-aligned spiral lines, with narrow spiral areas of absence, and wide spiral irregular areas of coalescence in 2 equidistant areas in last whorl (
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) (
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model). Periostracum dark brown, particularly thick near outer lip and in ventral region of last whorl (
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), translucent in other areas. Protoconch highly protruded, rather cylindric, of ~3.5 whorls, length ~
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, maximum width ~
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(
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), apex rounded, remaining whorls of similar size; occupying ~6.5% of shell length, ~8% of shell width; transition with teleoconch unclear. Spire ~30% of shell length.Teleoconch of ~5 whorls; 3 first whorls with plane profile, bearing regular axial threads; penultimate whorl with narrow shoulder, sculptured by 10 regular axial undulations bearing small beak in apex of shoulder. Last whorl also with 10 narrow axial undulations bearing small beak in apex of shoulder; beak located preceding superior ¼ of last whorl length. Aperture narrow, ~4-times longer than wide, occupying ~63% of shell length, ~23 of shell width,slightly broader anteriorly than posteriorly. Peristome glossy, pale beige. Outer lip very thick,simple,slightly projected outside,with 7 pairs of equidistant, transverse, dark spots. Inner lip straight, plane callus extending little beyond aperture; inferior
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with 6 well-developed, oblique columellar folds (
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), penultimate fold as broader, taller fold; superior fold as lowest, double,as inferior end of series of low,weak parallel folds in superior
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;folds ending at some distance from callus edge, forming smooth, pointed right peri-siphonal edge. Peristome superior region dorsally arched as weak anal canal (
<figureCitation id="509A2A1DFFD2A83F8850DE16FF19FE81" box="[101,191,314,339]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="26.[169,228,2010,2035]" captionTargetBox="[170,1493,903,1980]" captionTargetId="figure-334@26.[170,1493,903,1980]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figure 16. Voluta melodica holotype MZSP 135516 (L 116.9 mm): (A) shell, frontal view;(B) same,right view;(C) same,dorsal view;(D) detail of apex,dorsal view, scale:= 5 mm; (E) same, ventral view; (F) shell,frontal-slightly anterior view to show columellar folds; (G) extracted specimen.Detail of foot and adjacent region, right view,scale:=10 mm;(H)same,head-foot indorsalview,pallialcavitypartially removedand deflectedupwards,scale:=10 mm.Lettering:an,anus;cm,marks of columellar folds;fs,foot sole;ft,foot;gi, gill;he,headflap;mb,mantle border;op,operculum;ov,pallial oviduct;sf,siphonal flaps;si,siphon;te,cephalic tentacle." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14705605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14705605/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Fig. 16B</figureCitation>
). Canal short, strongly turned to right (
<figureCitation id="509A2A1DFFD2A83F8A5CDE16FD63FE81" box="[617,709,314,339]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="26.[169,228,2010,2035]" captionTargetBox="[170,1493,903,1980]" captionTargetId="figure-334@26.[170,1493,903,1980]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figure 16. Voluta melodica holotype MZSP 135516 (L 116.9 mm): (A) shell, frontal view;(B) same,right view;(C) same,dorsal view;(D) detail of apex,dorsal view, scale:= 5 mm; (E) same, ventral view; (F) shell,frontal-slightly anterior view to show columellar folds; (G) extracted specimen.Detail of foot and adjacent region, right view,scale:=10 mm;(H)same,head-foot indorsalview,pallialcavitypartially removedand deflectedupwards,scale:=10 mm.Lettering:an,anus;cm,marks of columellar folds;fs,foot sole;ft,foot;gi, gill;he,headflap;mb,mantle border;op,operculum;ov,pallial oviduct;sf,siphonal flaps;si,siphon;te,cephalic tentacle." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14705605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14705605/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Fig. 16C</figureCitation>
), ~12% of shell length, ~30% of shell width. No umbilicus.
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Figure 16.
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holotype MZSP 135516 (L 116.9 mm): (A) shell, frontal view;(B) same,right view;(C) same,dorsal view;(D) detail of apex,dorsal view, scale:= 5 mm; (E) same, ventral view; (F) shell,frontal-slightly anterior view to show columellar folds; (G) extracted specimen.Detail of foot and adjacent region, right view,scale:=10 mm;(H)same,head-foot in dorsal view,pallial cavity partially removed and deflected upwards,scale:=10 mm.Lettering:an,anus;cm,marks of columellar folds;fs,foot sole;ft,foot;gi, gill;he,head flap;mb,mantle border;op,operculum;ov,pallial oviduct;sf,siphonal flaps;si,siphon;te,cephalic tentacle.
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Head-foot (
<figureCitation id="509A2A1DFFD2A83F8935DE56FED0FE41" box="[256,374,378,403]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="26.[169,228,2010,2035]" captionTargetBox="[170,1493,903,1980]" captionTargetId="figure-334@26.[170,1493,903,1980]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figure 16. Voluta melodica holotype MZSP 135516 (L 116.9 mm): (A) shell, frontal view;(B) same,right view;(C) same,dorsal view;(D) detail of apex,dorsal view, scale:= 5 mm; (E) same, ventral view; (F) shell,frontal-slightly anterior view to show columellar folds; (G) extracted specimen.Detail of foot and adjacent region, right view,scale:=10 mm;(H)same,head-foot indorsalview,pallialcavitypartially removedand deflectedupwards,scale:=10 mm.Lettering:an,anus;cm,marks of columellar folds;fs,foot sole;ft,foot;gi, gill;he,headflap;mb,mantle border;op,operculum;ov,pallial oviduct;sf,siphonal flaps;si,siphon;te,cephalic tentacle." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14705605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14705605/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Fig. 16G, H</figureCitation>
) of almost 1 whorl; color beige, pigmented by mosaic of irregular, brown lines, like random scribbles in exposed areas, except for foot sole. Head (he) long, flap-like, ~¼ of foot width; pair of flattened cephalic tentacles (te) in each side. Foot (ft) very wide, with marks of shell columellar folds (cm). Operculum (op) small, almost vestigial, elliptical, ~twice longer than wide, rather deformed, nucleus subterminal.
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<paragraph id="C81E3698FFD2A83F88B1DD56FD87FCC1" blockId="27.[94,720,218,787]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Pallial cavity of ~1-whorl, wide, triangular. Mantle edge (mb) simple, thick, unpigmented. Siphon (si) well-developed, with similar pigment as foot; its base flanked by pair of siphonal flaps (sf). Gill (gi) low and wide. Pallial oviduct (ov) very wide, solid.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="FAD5EA8AFFD2A83F886BDC16FF40FC81" bold="true" box="[94,230,826,851]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Etymology:</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word
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meaning melody, in allusion to the shell and head-foot pigmentation, looking like musical scores.
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<emphasis id="FAD5EA8AFFD2A83F886BDC96FF50FC01" bold="true" box="[94,246,954,979]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Distribution:</emphasis>
Only known from
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locality.
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<emphasis id="FAD5EA8AFFD2A83F886BDCD6FF18FBC1" bold="true" box="[94,190,1018,1043]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Habitat:</emphasis>
Collected in sandy-mud,
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, o.t., off Amazon River mouth.
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