Fluxinella membranacea, Helwerda, Renate Ariane, Wesselingh, Frank Pieter & Williams, Suzanne T., 2014

Helwerda, Renate Ariane, Wesselingh, Frank Pieter & Williams, Suzanne T., 2014, On some Vetigastropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3755 (2), pp. 101-135 : 111

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1872ECAB-3C5C-4D76-93A0-A8626F75B96E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5671265

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/490087B3-FFB7-6D2A-FF1F-FC315EE1FA32

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scientific name

Fluxinella membranacea
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Fluxinella membranacea Marshall, 1991 View in CoL

( Figures 16–17 View FIGURES 13 – 17 )

1991 Fluxinella membranacea sp. nov. — Marshall, 1991: p. 68, figs 91, 93, 94. 2006 Fluxinella membranacea —Poppe et al.: p. 23, pl. 2, fig. 4.

2008a Fluxinella membranacea —Poppe & Tagaro: p. 160, pl. 25, fig. 4.

Material. Anda 1 (28); Anda 2 (41); Anda 3 (26); Anda 4 (37); Anda 5 (2); Anda 6 (5); AndaDeVos (15); AndaClif1 (1); AndaClif3 (2); Roxas (3).

Characterization. Shell very low domed, H 0.9 mm, W 2.1 mm, disk-shaped, smooth and shiny; P small, smooth, 1.1 whorls, DN 0.10 mm; T growth lines very fine, sigmoid; prominent keel on periphery; umbilicus wide.

Distribution. Shells of Fluxinella membranacea have been reported from off southern New Caledonia, 250– 440 m depth ( Marshall 1991) and from Balicasag Island, Philippines, from 242–400 m depth ( Poppe et al. 2006).

Remarks. The specimen shown by Marshall (1991) is similar to the shells in the studied material. The specimen shown by Poppe et al. (2006, pl. 2, fig. 4) has a more pronounced folded columellar lip, a more pronounced shoulder and median keel than the fossil material as well as the material shown by Marshall (1991). More material is required to investigate whether these differences represent intraspecific variation.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Vetigastropoda

Order

Seguenziida

Family

Seguenziidae

SubFamily

Seguenziinae

Genus

Fluxinella

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