Alvania macella, Gofas, 2007

Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 779-885 : 813

Alvania macella n. sp.

( Figure 17E–H )

Type material Holotype MNHN 9709 (sh., 2.04×1.00 mm) and 30 paratypes MNHN 9764 (sh.,

2.00×1.26 to 2.60× 1.44 mm) from Seamount 2 sta. DW261, in MNHN.

Type locality

Figures

Figure 17. (A, B) Alvania stenolopha Bouchet and Warén, 1993, shells from Atlantis seamount, DW261 (1340 m), actual size 2.12 and 2.02 mm; (C) protoconch of a juvenile shell, same locality; (D) detail of microsculpture, same shell as (A); (E) Alvania macella n. sp., holotype (sh.) from Atlantis seamount, DW261, actual size 2.04 mm; (F) paratype (sh.), same locality, actual size 2.10 mm; (G) protoconch of the same paratype; (H) detail of microsculpture of the holotype. Scale bars: 100 Mm.