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Pareuthria fuscata

Description

Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)

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Buccinum fuscatum Bruguière, 1789: 282

Pareuthria fuscata — Powell, 1951: 132; Pastorino, 2016: 304, figs. 1A–Q, 2A–G (synonymy, protoconch and radula)

Examined material. 8 sh. (MACN-In 40683).

Description. Shell height to 28.5 mm (up to 44.6 mm according to Pastorino 2016); fusiform, solid. Protoconch of about 1 convex whorl; transition to teleoconch poorly defined. Teleoconch of up to 5 whorls, slightly convex in outline, with a very weak shoulder; last whorl comprising about 70% of total shell height. Suture impressed. Surface grayish, with a narrow, diffuse, clear band below the suture; sculptured with weak spiral threads, more evident at the base; in addition, faint growth lines are evident along all teleoconch whorls. Aperture ovate, interior dark brown, with margin white; columellar callus moderately thick, slightly expanded over the base; siphonal canal short, almost straight, wide.

Notes

Published as part of Luca, Javier Di & Zelaya, Diego G., 2019, Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity, pp. 41-78 in Zootaxa 4544 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/2618137

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Buccinidae
Genus
Pareuthria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Neogastropoda
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Bruguiere
Species
fuscata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguiere, 1789) sec. Luca & Zelaya, 2019

References

  • Bruguiere, J. G. (1789 - 1792) Histoire Naturelle des Vers. Encyclopedie Methodique ou par Ordre de Matieres. Vol. 1. Panckoucke, Paris, 758 pp.
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1951) Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda collected by the ships of the Discovery Committee during the years 1926 - 1937. Discovery Reports, 26, 49 - 196, pls. 5 - 10.
  • Pastorino, G. (2016) Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters. Zootaxa, 4179 (3), 301 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4179.3.1