Gofasia obtusellaeformis, Gofas, 2007

Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 779-885 : 845

Gofasia obtusellaeformis n. sp.

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Type material

Holotype MNHN 9719 (spm., 1.62× 1.12 mm) from Seamount 2 sta. TS270, in MNHN; 30 paratypes MNHN 9775 (20 spm., 1.26×0.94 to 1.56× 1.14 mm and 10 sh., 1.28×0.94 to 1.58× 1.04 mm) from Seamount 2 sta. DW255 (34 ° 04.99N, 30 ° 15.39W, 340 m), in MNHN.

Type locality

Figures

Figure 41. Gofasia obtusellaeformis n. sp. (A, B) Paratype (sh.) from Atlantis seamount, DW255 (340 m), actual size 1.50 mm; (C) protoconch of the same paratype; (D, E) paratype, same locality, actual size 1.34 mm; (F) microsculpture of the same paratype as (D, E). Scale bars: 100 Mm (C); 50 Mm (F).

Figure 42. Gofasia obtusellaeformis n. sp. (A) Holotype (living specimen) from Atlantis seamount, TS270 (330 m), actual size 1.62 mm; (B) detail of head and propodium; (C) detail of opercular lobes and metapodium.