Alvania funiculata, Gofas, 2007

Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 779-885 : 810-811

Alvania funiculata n. sp.

( Figure 16A–G )

Type material

Holotype MNHN 9708 (sh., 1.84× 1.22 mm), 50 paratypes MNHN 9763 (3 spm., 1.74×1.16 to 1.88× 1.28 mm), and 47 sh. (1.84×1.24 to 2.10× 1.40 mm) from Seamount 2 sta. DW203, in MNHN.

Type locality

Figures

Figure 16. (A) Alvania funiculata n. sp. Holotype (sh.) from Hyères seamount, DW203 (845 m), actual size 1.84 mm; (B) paratype (spm.), same locality, actual size 1.76 mm; (C) protoconch of the holotype; (D–F) shells from Cruiser seamount, DW237 (670 m), actual sizes 1.60, 1.70, and 1.60 mm; (G) protoconch, same as (F); (H) shell from Irving seamount, DW208 (790m) attributed to A. adiaphoros, actual size 1.70 mm. Scale bars: 100 Mm.