treatments-xml/data/03/9F/87/039F87C4FB2FFEE3CBAFB83CFB8CFEEA.xml
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

176 lines
20 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="B7A2892891D09BE0B73BA78D896C5B22" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1" ID-GBIF-Dataset="e6b35f5a-435e-4473-b29e-1e4d842f84b0" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="263299" ID-ZooBank="203BAC25-B542-48FE-B5AD-EBA8C0285833" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1457964633549" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Fallon, Phillip J." docDate="2016" docId="039F87C4FB2FFEE3CBAFB83CFB8CFEEA" docLanguage="en" docName="15612-5136-1-PB.pdf.imf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 4090 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3.14:Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleId="5EBBA59367AD13919D70D935FA04F6A3" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.monograph" docStyleVersion="14" docTitle="Syntomodrillia hypsela Watson 1881" docType="treatment" docVersion="13" lastPageNumber="331" masterDocId="FFA6FFBCFA65FFA8CB38B91BFFE8FFAA" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species" masterLastPageNumber="363" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="331" updateTime="1698184378282" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="7EC4FFEA6F8141125888A7EBD2D9CF11" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="D05559C7523ED6CAD9DC6BB055434ED1">
<mods:title id="B23AE2A0FEE139BE3AF74D47E6E1273B">Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="C468476A3CBB73D10122E45BD8D5C5EA" type="personal">
<mods:role id="0F0FE27195584782F6B9D9EC95BB705E">
<mods:roleTerm id="33A06C22CA3E6A1CDA5BA43E8E7360CE">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="A7F75D7446CB85DCAACF3BD414346256">Fallon, Phillip J.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="952EF8D3453CEF5F06D3DB82FD7C09E3">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="E8D6DAD375225FCC211F4DEA3ED1336F" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="84892801B0DFF385BA3783001380FD86">
<mods:title id="3D18E9A2B6DC23626AE7285AEDBB1725">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="87BDEF3FEA9C6CB14B8DC76028C8D65D">
<mods:date id="49279732D8E0E27EAD757CB963263856">2016</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="374034AD9979F0ED2CFCB47779D49D9A" type="volume">
<mods:number id="A3F165E9307F31A3DC3C76E35925CFC7">4090</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="5467916EC00A4E76A769B9EE3ACAA00F" type="issue">
<mods:number id="3D7EEDA4B2AA95FE5D3ADBA273F8381A">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="9B66EA2A062513ADF6E9E226A9DF093C" unit="page">
<mods:start id="DFA18E94855CB388D4B75E1A1DCA201F">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="5DEB66910F4037B0A502D46CC5AC8530">363</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="75B9DFA5003B8C4E954D64F410E43C92">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="334990E4728C54913DC9FB628C806A55" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="0886C16B516561DA714FB85615551A34" type="GBIF-Dataset">e6b35f5a-435e-4473-b29e-1e4d842f84b0</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="4B34A67F29C62436BCCB68B8E99E2C20" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="9B153E8B3B7C09C9EA82D196B70DF14F" type="Zenodo-Dep">263299</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="301A62688BAE30D84ECE4F25B57417A3" type="ZooBank">203BAC25-B542-48FE-B5AD-EBA8C0285833</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="039F87C4FB2FFEE3CBAFB83CFB8CFEEA" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6076657" ID-GBIF-Taxon="117911653" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6076657" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039F87C4FB2FFEE3CBAFB83CFB8CFEEA" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87C4FB2FFEE3CBAFB83CFB8CFEEA" lastPageId="331" lastPageNumber="331" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<subSubSection id="C32C6559FB2FFEE2CBAFB83CFB8BFE02" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFB83CFD86FEE8" blockId="330.[151,622,295,355]" box="[151,622,295,322]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<heading id="D0C181BEFB2FFEE2CBAFB83CFD86FEE8" bold="true" box="[151,622,295,322]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2FFEE2CBAFB83CFD86FEE8" ID-CoL="53Z9Q" authority="Watson, 1881" authorityName="Watson" authorityYear="1881" box="[151,622,295,322]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Syntomodrillia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="hypsela">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFB83CFD86FEE8" bold="true" box="[151,622,295,322]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFB83CFE44FEEB" bold="true" box="[151,428,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Syntomodrillia hypsela</emphasis>
(Watson, 1881)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFB851FEFAFEC9" blockId="330.[151,622,295,355]" box="[151,274,330,355]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">(Plate 171)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFB889FB8BFE02" blockId="330.[151,1123,402,424]" box="[151,1123,402,424]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2FFEE2CBAFB889FD49FE02" authority="Watson, 1881: 433" authorityName="Watson" authorityPageNumber="433" authorityYear="1881" box="[151,673,402,424]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Pleurotoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="hypsela" subGenus="Mangelia">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFB889FE31FE02" box="[151,473,402,424]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Pleurotoma (Mangelia) hypsela</emphasis>
Watson, 1881: 433
</taxonomicName>
: Watson (1886, 341342, pl. 21, figs. 4ab).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32C6559FB2FFEE2CBAFB8CDFC1AFDA0" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFB8CDFD3AFE41" blockId="330.[151,1010,469,522]" box="[151,722,469,491]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFB8CDFD3AFE41" bold="true" box="[151,722,469,491]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Not this species, or unconfirmed extralimital reports.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFB8EFFC1AFDA0" blockId="330.[151,1010,469,522]" box="[151,1010,500,522]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2FFEE2CBAFB8EFFDCEFDA0" authority="Watson, 1881" authorityName="Watson" authorityYear="1881" box="[151,550,500,522]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Syntomodrillia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="hypsela">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFB8EFFE69FDA0" box="[151,385,500,522]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Syntomodrillia hypsela</emphasis>
(Watson, 1881)
</taxonomicName>
: Rios (2009: 314, sp. 800 [Watsons fig. 4a]).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32C6559FB2FFEE2CBAFBB29FCFCFD1C" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFBB29FB1FFDE0" blockId="330.[151,1437,561,1054]" box="[151,1271,561,586]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFBB29FEADFDE0" bold="true" box="[151,325,561,586]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<typeStatus id="548D8870FB2FFEE2CBAFBB29FF3AFDE3" box="[151,210,562,585]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Type</typeStatus>
material.
</emphasis>
The
<typeStatus id="548D8870FB2FFEE2CA46BB2AFE08FDE0" box="[382,480,561,586]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(by monotypy) 4.8 x
<quantity id="4CCE9B37FB2FFEE2C9ECBB2AFCC4FDE3" box="[724,812,561,585]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" unit="mm" value="1.7">1.7 mm</quantity>
,
<date id="FF881012FB2FFEE2C800BB2AFC2CFDE3" box="[824,964,561,585]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" value="1873-09-10">10 Sep 1873</date>
(MNHUK 1887.2.9.1058).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBFFBB4DFF55FD38" blockId="330.[151,1437,561,1054]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBFFBB4DFE8FFDC4" bold="true" box="[199,359,597,622]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<typeStatus id="548D8870FB2FFEE2CBFFBB4DFEEAFDC7" box="[199,258,598,621]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
H.M.S.
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CAF1BB4EFDAFFDC4" box="[457,583,597,622]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Challenger</emphasis>
! Sta. 122, off Pernambuco state,
<collectingCountry id="F3217642FB2FFEE2C8FDBB4EFBE4FDC4" box="[965,1036,597,622]" name="Brazil" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Brazil</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE025015FB2FFEE2CF21BB4DFB8EFDC4" box="[1049,1126,598,622]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" precision="555" value="-9.08">9.08°S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE025015FB2FFEE2CF4CBB4DFB31FDC4" box="[1140,1241,598,622]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" precision="555" value="-34.83">34.83°W</geoCoordinate>
, in 350 fms [
<quantity id="4CCE9B37FB2FFEE2CE57BB4DFF5AFD38" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.4" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" unit="m" value="640.0">640 m</quantity>
].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBFFBB85FCFCFD1C" blockId="330.[151,1437,561,1054]" box="[199,788,669,694]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBFFBB85FE43FD1C" bold="true" box="[199,427,669,694]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Range and habitat.</emphasis>
Known only from the
<typeStatus id="548D8870FB2FFEE2C993BB86FCF9FD1C" box="[683,785,669,694]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBFFBBDAFB1BFD70" blockId="330.[151,1437,561,1054]" box="[199,1267,705,730]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBFFBBDAFEB1FD70" bold="true" box="[199,345,705,730]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Description.</emphasis>
Watsons original description was brief because of the poor condition of the shell:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBFFBBFEFF35FC18" blockId="330.[151,1437,561,1054]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
“Shell. —High, narrow, and conical, with very short whorls, of which there are 6; the last whorl exceptionally small, with a short conical base and very small snout; the suture very slight, but extremely oblique; the apex blunt and rounded; there are narrow, high, rounded, curved, and very oblique ribs, which run continuously from the apex to the point of the base, but not to the snout; there are obsolete spiral striae, which become stronger on the point of the pillar. H.
<quantity id="4CCE9B37FB2FFEE2CA0CBA6DFE60FC24" box="[308,392,885,910]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" unit="in" value="0.19">0.19 in</quantity>
. B. 0.067 [4.8 x
<quantity id="4CCE9B37FB2FFEE2C96CBA6DFD5AFC24" box="[596,690,886,910]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" unit="mm" value="1.7">1.7 mm</quantity>
]. Penultimate whorl, height 0.033. Mouth, height 0.078, breadth 0.033.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBFFBAA6FE1DFBB4" blockId="330.[151,1437,561,1054]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
“The specimen of this very marked species is in too bad condition for more minute description. It is very like
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2FFEE2CBAFBAFAFDF0FC53" authority="Pease" authorityName="Pease" box="[151,536,993,1018]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Pleurotoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="exilis" subGenus="Drillia">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBAFBAFAFE2EFC50" box="[151,454,993,1018]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Pleurotoma (Drillia) exilis</emphasis>
, Pease
</taxonomicName>
, [=
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2FFEE2C906BAFAFC6BFC50" authority="Pease, 1868" authorityName="Pease" authorityYear="1868" box="[574,899,993,1018]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Iredalea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="exilis">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2C906BAFAFD08FC50" box="[574,736,993,1018]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Iredalea exilis</emphasis>
(Pease, 1868)
</taxonomicName>
from Tahiti] but is much more attenuated, and the last whorl is much shorter.”
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF49665AFB2FFEE2CBAFBE77FAB3F828" box="[151,1371,1900,1922]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263471/files/figure.png" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" targetBox="[151,1436,1094,1874]" targetPageId="330">
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE2CBAFBE77FAB3F828" blockId="330.[151,1371,1900,1922]" box="[151,1371,1900,1922]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<figureCitation id="130D2A57FB2FFEE2CBAFBE77FF3BF828" box="[151,211,1900,1922]" captionStart="430289); Fig. 1: ventral, lateral &amp; dorsal views; Fig. 2: apical view, V = varix, L = edge of outer lip; Figs. 3 4: paratypes (USNM 430038); Fig. 3: ventral and enlarged view protoconch (not to scale) of incompletely developed specimen; Fig. 4: ventral view of decollate specimen. Figs. 5 17: ventral views of additional paratypes and specimens from other localities. Figs. 5, 7 11: Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, Guadeloupe. Fig. 5: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28036; Fig. 7: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28047; Fig. 8: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28045; Fig. 9: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28064; Fig. 10: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28045; Fig. 11: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28046; Fig. 6: Anse Tarare, Guadeloupe (MNHN IM- 2013 - 9092); Fig. 12: off Jamestown, Barbados (USNM 900122); Fig. 13: W of Sandy Lane Bay, St. James, Barbados (UF 470278); Figs. 14 15: paratypes, off the N coast of Puerto Rico (USNM 429205 a &amp; USNM 429205); Figs. 16 18: Minerva seamount, S Bahia, Brazil (P. Stahlschmidt coll.); Fig. 18: apical view of specimen in Fig. 17, V = varix, L = edge of outer lip." captionStartId="138.[151,231,1754,1776]" captionTargetBox="[194,1384,195,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@138.[194,1384,195,1727]" captionTargetPageId="138" captionText="430289); Fig. 1: ventral, lateral &amp; dorsal views; Fig. 2: apical view, V = varix, L = edge of outer lip; Figs. 3 4: paratypes (USNM 430038); Fig. 3: ventral and enlarged view protoconch (not to scale) of incompletely developed specimen; Fig. 4: ventral view of decollate specimen. Figs. 5 17: ventral views of additional paratypes and specimens from other localities. Figs. 5, 7 11: Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, Guadeloupe. Fig. 5: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28036; Fig. 7: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28047; Fig. 8: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28045; Fig. 9: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28064; Fig. 10: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28045; Fig. 11: MNHN IM- 2012 - 28046; Fig. 6: Anse Tarare, Guadeloupe (MNHN IM- 2013 - 9092); Fig. 12: off Jamestown, Barbados (USNM 900122); Fig. 13: W of Sandy Lane Bay, St. James, Barbados (UF 470278); Figs. 14 15: paratypes, off the N coast of Puerto Rico (USNM 429205 a &amp; USNM 429205); Figs. 16 18: Minerva seamount, S Bahia, Brazil (P. Stahlschmidt coll.); Fig. 18: apical view of specimen in Fig. 17, V = varix, L = edge of outer lip." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/263361/files/figure.png" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
: ventral, lateral &amp; dorsal views;
<figureCitation id="130D2A57FB2FFEE2C926BE77FDB5F828" box="[542,605,1900,1922]" captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="210.[151,188,1695,1717]" captionTargetBox="[305,1256,193,1592]" captionTargetId="figure@210.[305,1257,193,1592]" captionText="Fig. 2. Holotype, 18.2 x 7.3 mm, F. alba, new species (USNM 1291342). Fig. 3. Paratype, 17.3 x 7.6 mm, F. chaaci (Espinosa &amp; Rolán, 1995) (MNHN 2857). Fig. 4. Holotype, 15.6 x 6.0 mm, F. crocea, new species (UF 155640). Fig. 5. Holotype, 15.3 x 5.4 mm, F. contracta, new species (UF 170316). Fig. 6. Holotype, 13.2 x 5.1 mm, F. petiti Tippett, 1995 (USNM 880073). Fig. 7. Holotype, 27.5 x 11.0 mm, F. phasma (Schwengel, 1940) (ANSP 176453). Fig. 8. Neotype, 25.5 x 9.5 mm, F. fucata (Reeve, 1845) (USNM 1291346). Fig. 9. Holotype, 25.0 x 7.4 mm, F. elongata, new species (UF 155626). Fig. 10. Holotype, 21.2 x 7.4 mm, F. tippetti, new species (UF 155639). Fig. 11. Holotype, 16.8 x 7.4 mm, F. marmarina (Watson, 1881) (NHMUK 1887.2.9.103). Fig. 12. Lectotype, 17.8 x 5.8 mm, F. pagodula (Dall, 1889) (USNM 87471)." pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
: basal view. Images courtesy of Harry Taylor, NHMUK Photographic Unit.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C32C6559FB2FFEE3CBFFBEABFB8CFEEA" lastPageId="331" lastPageNumber="332" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8936D2FB2FFEE3CBFFBEABFB8CFEEA" blockId="330.[151,1436,1967,2028]" lastBlockId="331.[151,1437,151,320]" lastPageId="331" lastPageNumber="332" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CBFFBEABFE2BF86D" bold="true" box="[199,451,1968,1991]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">
Remarks.
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2CA7CBEABFE2BF86D" bold="true" box="[324,451,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
</emphasis>
Placement in
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2FFEE2C950BEB4FCE6F862" box="[616,782,1967,1992]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Syntomodrillia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="330" pageNumber="331" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2FFEE2C950BEB4FCE6F862" box="[616,782,1967,1992]" italics="true" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">Syntomodrillia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is based on the presence of ribs suture-to-suture, a short anterior canal, and faint spirals that are barely discernable in the photograph of the
<typeStatus id="548D8870FB2FFEE2CF6BBECFFB6EF841" box="[1107,1158,2004,2027]" pageId="330" pageNumber="331">type</typeStatus>
, the spirals described as “obsolete” by Watson. Dall synonymized this taxon with
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2EFEE3C819B98CFB5CFF1A" authority="Dall, 1881" authorityName="Dall" authorityYear="1881" box="[801,1204,151,176]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Splendrillia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="331" pageNumber="332" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="lissotropis">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2EFEE3C819B98CFBCAFF1A" box="[801,1058,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="331" pageNumber="332">Splendrillia lissotropis</emphasis>
(Dall, 1881)
</taxonomicName>
but despite the poor condition of
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2EFEE3CA11B9A7FE73FF7F" box="[297,411,188,213]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Syntomodrillia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="331" pageNumber="332" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="hypsela">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2EFEE3CA11B9A7FE73FF7F" box="[297,411,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="331" pageNumber="332">S. hypsela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is considered very unlikely to be a synonym. Watsons shell is too eroded to give a full description and to make a detailed comparison with
<taxonomicName id="4C364D51FB2EFEE3C9DAB9FBFC9AFF52" box="[738,882,223,248]" class="Gastropoda" family="Drilliidae" genus="Splendrillia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Neogastropoda" pageId="331" pageNumber="332" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="lissotropis">
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2EFEE3C9DAB9FBFC9AFF52" box="[738,882,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="331" pageNumber="332">S. lissotropis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B942EAC0FB2EFEE3C8B8B9C4FBCDFF52" bold="true" box="[896,1061,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="331" pageNumber="332">Identification.</emphasis>
Specimens from the general area of the
<typeStatus id="548D8870FB2EFEE3CBE6B81EFEE6FEB6" box="[222,270,261,284]" pageId="331" pageNumber="332">type</typeStatus>
locality are not available for comparison as possibly the same and a better representative of the species.
<collectingCountry id="F3217642FB2EFEE3CBAFB833FF5EFEEA" box="[151,182,296,320]" name="American Samoa" pageId="331" pageNumber="332">As</collectingCountry>
such, this species remains enigmatic, the taxon only partially described at this time.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>