Conus (Asprella) samiae da Motta, 1982

Tenorio, Manuel J. & Puillandre, Nicolas, 2023, Revision of the deep-water cone snail fauna from New Caledonia (Gastropoda, Conoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 896, pp. 1-134 : 74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.896.2291

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F53C16AD-46F5-413B-9ACE-29713C9ED8D9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8414984

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03898788-CA11-3C29-D46B-FE38304EF978

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Plazi

scientific name

Conus (Asprella) samiae da Motta, 1982
status

 

Conus (Asprella) samiae da Motta, 1982 View in CoL View at ENA

Figs 2 View Fig , 52L, N View Fig

Conus samiae da Motta, 1982: 12 View in CoL , fig. 11.

Conus sulcatus View in CoL f. samiae View in CoL – R̂ckel et al. 1995b: pl. 47 figs 14–16.

Asprella sulcata f. samiae – Tucker & Tenorio 2013: 357.

Asprella samiae View in CoL – Monnier et al. 2018a: 615.

Material examined

1 lot (1 specimen).

Type material

Holotype PHILIPPINES • 57.4 mm; off Balut Island , Mindanao; ca 200 m depth; MHNG MOLL-138917.

Figured material

NEW CALEDONIA • 53.9 mm; Norfolk Ridge , Munida, off New Caledonia, stn DW3106; 23°02′ S, 168°21′ E; 180‒220 m depth; 27 Oct. 2008; TERRASSES expedition; MNHN-IM-2007-34858 ( Fig. 52L, N View Fig ) GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution and bathymetry

Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, at depths between 20 to 240 m. In New Caledonia there is one single live record from Norfolk Ridge at depths between 180‒ 220 m.

Remarks

Shell medium to moderately large (maximum shell length 70 mm), broadly conical, with a low to moderate spire of concave profile. Shoulder with coarse nodules. Radular tooth ( Fig. 52N View Fig ) narrow and elongated with the anterior section slightly shorter than the posterior section. The tooth is serrated with 12–15 small denticles arranged in one single row, becoming two rows below. There is a small, rounded terminating cusp. Barb well marked. Blade rounded and short, covering about 35–40% of the anterior section of the tooth. Small basal spur pointing upwards on top of the base. Only one single live specimen has been sampled. In the phylogeny ( Fig. 2 View Fig ), this species appears sister to C. fijisulcatus . However, in a phylogeny with a more extended sampling, it appears sister to a clade which includes several other species within Asprella such as Conus (Asprella) sulcatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792, C. (A.) rolani R̂ckel, 1986, and the recently described C. (A.) neocostatus Olivera, Watkins, Puillandre & Tenorio, 2021 .

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

Loc

Conus (Asprella) samiae da Motta, 1982

Tenorio, Manuel J. & Puillandre, Nicolas 2023
2023
Loc

Asprella samiae

Monnier E. & Limpalaer L. & Robin A. & Roux C. 2018: 615
2018
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