Fusceulima digitalis Hoffman & Engl, 2021

Gofas, Serge, Luque, Ángel A., Oliver, Joan Daniel, Templado, José & Serrano, Alberto, 2021, The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean), European Journal of Taxonomy 785 (1), pp. 1-114 : 55

Fusceulima digitalis Hoffman & Engl, 2021

Fig. 20I‒J

Balcis sp. – Rolán Mosquera 1983: 199.

Material examined

GALICIA BANK • 1 sh; 42°41.94′ N, 11°40.58′ W; 744 m; 31 Jul. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V4; MNCN • 3 sh; 42°28.81′ N, 11°50.03′ W; 1410 m; 8 Aug. 2011; BANGAL 0711 DR15 ; MNCN .

Remarks

This recently described species is very different from any known eulimid in European waters. It is tentatively included in the genus Fusceulima Laseron, 1955 , due to its small shell, with few, almost flat whorls, short aperture and curved outer lip (see diagnosis of Fusceulima in Bouchet & Warén 1986, Souza & Pimenta 2014 and Engl et al. 2021). It was described and illustrated for the first time as Balcis sp. by Rolán Mosquera (1983: 199), from the Galicia Bank.

Figures

Fig. 20. Eulimidae 2. A–B. Batheulima fuscoapicata (Jeffreys, 1884), BANGAL 0711, DR15, 1410 m, 5.5 mm. C–D. Fuscapex cabiochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986, BANGAL 0711, DR15, 4.4 mm. E–F. Campyloraphion machaeropsis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896), SEAMOUNT 1, DW108, 1110–1125 m, 8.0 mm.G–H. Bathycrinicola talaena (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896), SEAMOUNT 1, DW116, 985–1000 m, 3.5 mm. I–J. Fusceulima digitalis Hoffman & Engl, 2021, BANGAL 0711, DR15, 2.0 mm. K–L. Hemiaclis obtusa Bouchet & Warén, 1986, BANGAL 0711, V10, 1720 m, 2.7 mm. M–N. Aclis walleri Jeffreys, 1867, BANGAL 0711, V5, 1631 m, 4.3 mm. O–P. Costaclis mizon (Watson, 1881), BANGAL 0711, V10, 9.8 mm. Scale bars = 1 mm.