Savatieria, Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885

Luca, Javier Di & Zelaya, Diego G., 2019, Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity, Zootaxa 4544 (1), pp. 41-78 : 56

“ Savatieria ” meridionalis ( Smith, 1881)

Fig. 4B

Lachesis meridionalis Smith, 1881: 28 , pl. 4, fig. 3

Savatieria concinna Melvill & Standen, 1912: 130 , fig. 17

Savatieria meridionalis— Dell, 1972: 37, fig. 16 (holotype and synonymy)

“ Savatieria ” meridionalis— Di Luca & Pastorino, 2018: 298, figs. 5A–G (holotype, synonymy and protoconch)

Examined material. 6 sh (MACN-In 40685); holotype of Lachesis meridionalis (NHMUK 1880.9.19.24), holotype of Savatieria concinna (NMSZ 1921.143.678).

Description. Shell height to 4.7 mm; fusiform, moderately solid. Protoconch large, smooth, of 2.25 markedly convex whorls, apex exposed. Teleoconch of up to 4 whorls, slightly convex in outline; last whorl comprising about 50% of total shell height. Suture deep, impressed. Surface white; sculptured with 14 to 17 strong axial ribs and 2 or 3 low, narrow spiral cords per whorl, which produce small beads at their intersections. Axial sculpture vanishing at base, which is sculptured with a delimiting, strong cord, that is visible at sutures, and 6 to 9 additional cords. Aperture ovate, interior white; columellar callus moderately thick; siphonal canal short, slightly oblique, wide.

Figures

FIGURE 4: A. Proneptunea (?) minuta Castellanos, 1992, MACN-In 40694, scale bar = 1 mm. B. “Savatieria” meridionalis (Smith, 1881), MACN-In 40685, scale bar = 1 mm. C. “Savatieria” chordata Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987, MACN-In 40687, scale bar = 1 mm. D. Buccinidae sp., MACN-In 40686, scale bar = 1 mm. E. Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1832), MACN-In 40690, scale bar = 5 mm. F. Trophon ohlini Strebel, 1904, MACN-In 40689, scale bar = 5 mm. G. Trophon plicatus (Lightfoot, 1786), MACN-In 40688, scale bar = 2 mm. H. Paradmete crymochara (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885), MACN-In 40691, scale bar = 5 mm. I. Mangelia michaelseni (Strebel, 1905), MACN-In 40693, scale bar = 1 mm. J. Leucosyrinx angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905), MACN-In 40692, scale bar = 4 mm. K. Thesbia michaelseni (Strebel, 1905), MACN-In 40695, scale bar = 1 mm. L. Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905), MACN-In 40696, scale bar = 3 mm.