Belomitra aoteana ( Dell, 1956 )

Kantor, Yuri I., Puillandre, Nicolas, Rivasseau, Audrey & Bouchet, Philippe, 2012, 3496, Zootaxa 3496, pp. 1-64 : 14-15

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scientific name	Belomitra aoteana ( Dell, 1956 )
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Belomitra aoteana ( Dell, 1956) View in CoL

Figures 3K–M, 6

Antizafra aoteana Dell 1956: 111 , fig. 110.

Waipaoa munida Ponder 1968: 46 , pl. 4, fig. 57. Type material: Antizafra aoteana : holotype in Museum of New Zealand (formerly Dominion Museum) M.009215 (http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=150525).— Waipaoa munida : holotype in Museum of New Zealand (formerly Dominion Museum) M. 21554 (http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=150531).

Type locality: Antizafra aoteana : New Zealand, Chatham Rise, 43°40'S, 179°28'E, 405 m. — Waipaoa munida : New Zealand, South Island, 45°54'S, 171°03'E, 635–690 m ( Fig. 6).

Other material: Chatham Rise, 43°40.0'S, 179°28.0'E, 403 m, 1 spm ( MV Alert 24 Jan. 1954; NMNZ M.009215).—Chatham Rise, 42°38.2'S, 176°10.5'E, 984–999 m, 1 spm ( RV Tangaroa 11 Jan. 1979, NMNZ M.059724).—Chatham Rise, 42°50.8'S, 175°43.8'E, 683–703 m, 1 spm ( RV Tangaroa 11 Jan. 1979, NMNZ M.060311).—South Island, 45°54.0'S, 171°03.0'E, 631–686 m, 1 spm ( RV Munida 22 May 1967; NMNZ M.021554).—South Island, 45°45.6'S, 171°05.0'E, 549 m, 5 spms ( MV Alert 23 Jan 1957, NMNZ M.042278).—South Island, 42°55.0'S, 173°43.0'E, 549–586 m, 2 spms ( RV Acheron 18 March 1976, NMNZ M.050945).—South Island, 45°46.0'S, 171°03.0'E, 660 m, 9 spms ( RV Munida 01 Sept. 1976, NMNZ M.058549).—South Island, 42°08.8'S, 174°25.4'E, 1099–1104 m, 1 spm ( RV Tangaroa 14 Jan. 1979, NMNZ M.059670).—South Island, Challenger Plateau, 40°42.8'S, 167°56.0'E, 1029 m, 2 spms ( RV Tangaroa 18 April 1980, NMNZ M.281060).—South Island, Challenger Plateau, 40°50.1'S, 168°14.8'E, 1005–1009 m, 1 spm ( RV Tangaroa 18 April 1980, NMNZ M.281061).—South Island, 41°00.6'S, 169°06.0'E, 914 m, 1 spm ( RV Tangaroa 24 April 1980, NMNZ M.281063).—South Island, 45°51.7'S, 171°00.9'E, 340–620 m, 22 spms ( RV Munida 11 Feb. 1998, NMNZ M.302758).—South Island, 45°51.7'S, 171°00.9'E, 340–620 m, 10 spms ( RV Munida 12 Feb. 1998, NMNZ M.302822).—Bounty Plateau, 48°29.1'S, 178°16.6'E, 917 m, 2 spms ( RV Tangaroa 19 March 1979, NMNZ M.281108).—Bounty Plateau, 48°20.0'S, 178°30.0'E, 726 m, 1 spm ( RV Tangaroa 19 March 1979, NMNZ M.281893). All identified by Bruce Marshall.

Remarks: As noted below, Belomitra aoteana bears a strong resemblance to B. climacella . Both have a short spire and a sculpture of numerous, evenly spaced thin raised cords that extend into the subsutural ramp. The two are tentatively kept separate because of their very distant allopatry and the non-planktotrophic larval development of Belomitra . If they were conspecific, the species would be expected to occur at, e.g., Fiji, Tonga or the North Island of New Zealand. However, no aoteana -like Belomitra has been found at any of these places; this can hardly be explained by different sampling intensity, as the North Island has been as well sampled as the South Island, suggesting that B. aoteana is a valid species endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.