Toledonia neocaledonica, Valdés, 2008

Valdés, Ángel, 2008, Deep-sea “ cephalaspidean ” heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 587-792 : 649

publication ID	978-2-85653-614-8
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087B2-FFDA-BE10-FF01-7225F28DF8D9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Toledonia neocaledonica
status	sp. nov.

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Toledonia neocaledonica View in CoL n. sp.

Figs 28B-D, 29

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype MNHN 20340 and 15 paratypes MNHN 20341-20349, 1 paratype LACM 2989 About LACM .

TYPE LOCALITY . — Banc Stylaster, Norfolk Ridge , 23°37’S, 167°42’E, 447-450 m [ SMIB 8 : stn DW 169 ] GoogleMaps .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — North of New Caledonia. BATHUS paratypes ( MNHN 20346 About MNHN ); stn DW 167 , Banc Stylaster, 23°38’S, 4: stn DW 923 , Grand Passage, 18°52’S, 163°24’E, 470-502 m, 167°43’E, 430-452 m, 4 dd, paratypes ( MNHN 20347 About MNHN ); stn DW 1 lv, paratype ( MNHN 20342 About MNHN ; Fig. 28B). 169, 23°37’S, 167°42’E, 447-450 m, 2 dd, holotype ( MNHN New Caledonia proper. BATHUS 1 : stn DW 683 , Passe de Hien- 20340; Figs 28C, D) and paratype ( MNHN 20341 About MNHN ); stn DW ghu, 20°35’S, 165°07’E, 380-400 m, 1 dd, paratype ( MNHN 182-184 About MNHN , Banc Aztèque, 23°18-19’S, 168°05’E, 320-367 m, 3 20343); stn DE 697, Passe de Hienghène, 20°34’S, 164°58’E, dd, paratypes ( MNHN 20348 About MNHN ) GoogleMaps . — BATHUS 3 : stn DW 817 , Banc 570-650 m, 1 dd, paratype ( MNHN 20344 About MNHN ). Jumeau Ouest, 23°42’S, 168°16’E, 405-410 m, 1 dd, paratype Norfolk Ridge. BIOCAL: stn DW 66 , 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 505- ( LACM 2989 About LACM ); stn DW 824 , 23°19’S, 168°00’E, 601-608 m, 1 515 m, 1 lv, paratype ( MNHN 20345 About MNHN ) GoogleMaps . — SMIB 8 : stn DW 146 - dd, paratype ( MNHN 20349 About MNHN ) .

147, Mont B, Banc Éponge, 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 508-532 m, 2 dd,

DISTRIBUTION. — Collected from New Caledonia (Fig. 29), in 367-601 m, live in 502-505 m.

DESCRIPTION. — Shell morphology. Length 2.5 mm, width 2 mm (holotype). Shell fragile, oval, as long as wide (Fig. 28C). Spire concave, with 2 whorls (Fig. 28D). Apex flat, with the aperture ending at the same level on the left side. Anterior end of the shell rounded. Aperture as long as the shell, wider anteriorly and narrower posteriorly. Columella slightly