Granulina fernandesi (Gastropoda: Volutacea), a new species from Cape Verde Islands, and some considerations on the genus Granulina

A new species of Granulina is described from Cape Verde archipelago, West Africa. The new species, G. fernandesi, is compared with some congeneric ones living in shallow waters of the Atlantic ocean. The necessity of deeper investigations into the genus Granulina is pointed out. The patterns of micro and macrosculpture of the shell are reported as one of the distinctive characters of the genus Granulina