Mauroceras serratum ( Vannozzi, 2017 )

Walter, Angelo Vannozzi & Renda, Walter, 2024, Sampling the depth: New data on the Caecidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from northeastern Papua New Guinea, Zoosystema 46 (14), pp. 327-347 : 344

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a14

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23D972D0-F573-429C-816B-F42AFF02D0B1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12554907

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F87DD-FF94-FFFA-21D9-FA483CC3CC16

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scientific name

Mauroceras serratum ( Vannozzi, 2017 )
status

 

Mauroceras serratum ( Vannozzi, 2017) View in CoL

( Fig. 8F, G View FIG )

Meioceras serratum Vannozzi, 2017: 136 View in CoL , fig. 3F-N.

Mauroceras serratum View in CoL – Vannozzi 2019b: 90.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Philippines • sh; Bohol, Maribohoc Bay, depth 85-110 m; MNHN-IM-2000-33080 .

Paratypes. Philippines • 1 sh juv; same data as for holotype; MNHN-IM-2000-33081 1 sh; Panglao, off Momo Beach , 85 m depth; MNHN-IM-2000-33082 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Philippines, Bohol Island, Maribohoc Bay, depth 85- 110 m.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Papua New Guinea • 2 sh (1 gs); New Ireland; KAVIENG 2014 Stn DW4465; 2°43’S, 150°36’E; 90-228 m depth; 3.IX.2014; MNHN GoogleMaps 1 sh; New Ireland; KAVIENG 2014 Stn DW4487; 2°25’S, 149°59’E; 130-153 m depth; 6.IX.2014; MNHN. GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. — Sulawesi, Philippines, PNG, Society, Marshall ( Vannozzi 2017, 2019a, b, unpublished data).

DIAGNOSIS. — Shell of average size for the genus, colourless, transparent, glossy. Protoconch unknown.Teleoconch tubular, with strong, flat and wide rings. Early teleoconch conical, slightly twisted. Adult shell subcylindrical, tapering toward both the apex. Aperture simple, inclined, slantwise cutting the last two rings and ending with a reflected lip. Surface smooth with growth lines only. Septum on the cutting plane with a strong pointed mucro, rounded in ventral view. Operculum and soft parts unknown. Adult shell length c. 2.5 mm.

REMARKS

A few, very worn shells were found. Among them, a growth stage with juvenile part still attached was recovered ( Fig. 8G View FIG ).

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

SuperFamily

Truncatelloidea

Family

Caecidae

SubFamily

Caecinae

Genus

Mauroceras

Loc

Mauroceras serratum ( Vannozzi, 2017 )

Walter, Angelo Vannozzi & Renda, Walter 2024
2024
Loc

Mauroceras serratum

VANNOZZI A. 2019: 90
2019
Loc

Meioceras serratum

VANNOZZI A. 2017: 136
2017
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