Boissevainia, Scarabino & Scarabino, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2010n3a3 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18783-FFAB-FF82-FC83-FA5FFEBAFD28 |
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Marcus |
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scientific name |
Boissevainia |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Boissevainia View in CoL n. gen.
TYPE SPECIES. — Boissevainia mossiae n. sp.
ETYMOLOGY. — Named after Maria Boissevain, in recognition of her historical work on the scaphopods of the Siboga Expedition to Indonesia.
DIAGNOSIS. — Shell medium in size, regularly curved, gradually tapering, and polished white. Sculptured by longitudinal striae at the apex that vanish towards the anterior aperture and notorious growth lines. Apical section slightly laterally compressed with undulate outline due to two wide, flat, round-edged, lateral lobes and thick dorsal and ventral triangular lobes. Preapical callus, thick near apex and reinforce dorsal and ventral lobes of the lumen walls, resulting in a canoe-shaped appearance. Lumen slightly laterally compressed.
Radula: unknown.
DISTRIBUTION. — Recent, tropical Pacific, bathyal.
REMARKS
The apical structures have not previously been reported in Scaphopoda and are the main characters diagnosing the genus.
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