Philine guineensis, MARCUS & MARCUS, 1966

Malaquias, Manuel António E., Ohnheiser, Lena T., Oskars, Trond R. & Willassen, Endre, 2017, Diversity and systematics of philinid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) in West Africa with remarks on the biogeography of the region, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 180 (1), pp. 1-35 : 16

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Philine guineensis
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PHILINE GUINEENSIS MARCUS & MARCUS, 1966 View in CoL ( FIGS 4A – K, 5A – O, 6 View Figure 6 )

Philine aperta guineensis Marcus & Marcus, 1966: 159 View in CoL , figs 9 – 18. Marcus, 1974: 360; fig. 104. Rolan & Ryall, 1999: 58.

Philine aperta View in CoL – Price et al., 2011: 4.

Diagnosis: Shell oval, aperture wide, smooth, whitish translucent, internal. Body whitish translucent. Rachidian tooth absent, one rounded inner lateral tooth with developed, sharp denticulation along inner edge. Gizzard not surrounded by muscle fibres; plates calcareous; paired plates rounded with wide central region; unpaired plate smaller spindle shape; all with deep narrow holes. Long, thin, convoluted, prostate emerging from sack-like penial sheath tapering towards genital aperture; blind caecum present, separate ejaculatory duct, hammer shaped penial papilla with pointed subequal lobes; one about twice the length of the other.

Type locality: Off Atijere , Nigeria, 06 ° 10 0 02.28 ″ N , 04 ° 17 0 19.32 ″ W.

Marcus EV, Marcus ER. 1966. The R / V Pillsbury deep-sea biological expedition to the Gulf of Guinea, 1964 - 65. Studies in Tropical Oceanography 4: 152-208.

Marcus EDBR. 1974. On some Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from the western and middle Atlantic warm waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 24: 300-371.

Price RM, Gosliner T, Vald es � A �. 2011. Systematics and Phylogeny of Philine (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), with emphasis on the Philine aperta species complex. The Veliger 51: 1-58.

Rol an � E, Ryall P. 1999. Checklist of the Angolan marine molluscs. Rese nas ~ Malacol ogicas � 10: 1-132.

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Figure 6. Two syntypes of Philine aperta guineensis Marcus & Marcus, 1966 (USNM 576260) from off the Gulf of Guinea (4°22031″N, 6°14010″E). A, shell H = 26 mm. B, shell H = 22 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Cephalaspidea

Family

Philinidae

Genus

Philine