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Glypteuthria Strebel 1905

Description

Genus Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905

Type species. Euthria meridionalis E.A. Smith, 1881 by subsequent designation of Tomlin, 1932.

This genus was also cited by Harasewych & Kantor (2004) from South Africa with three species included, G. capensis Thiele, 1925, G. solidissima Tomlin, 1932, and G. sculpturata Tomlin, 1945 (new name for G. capensis Tomlin, 1932 non Thiele, 1925).

The holotype of Glypteuthria (?) capensis Thiele, 1925 is housed at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB 101552) and illustrated by Weaver & DuPont (1970: 183, pl. 78C, D). The morphology of the shell is similar to G. meridionalis, however no soft parts are known and the protoconch appears to be smooth (according to these authors) instead of showing the typical spiral pattern of this species. Weaver & DuPont (1970) included G. capensis Thiele in Fusivoluta and mentioned the confusion of Barnard (1957: 210) and later Rehder (1969: 205), who stated that G. capensis Thiele and G. sculpturata Tomlin are synonyms and they belong in Fusivoluta. In 1970, Rehder after studying a photograph of Thiele’s types, reported both species as different but again as belonging in Fusivoluta. This is true only for G. sculpturata. Kilburn et al. (2010) cited G. c a p e n s i s Thiele as part of the South African living fauna. Until the radula of this species is studied, its inclusion in Glypteuthria should be with caution. The remaining name G. solidissima with a shell with inner apertural denticles does not belong in Glypteuthria. This species was regarded as a junior synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852) by Kilburn et al. (2010).

Notes

Published as part of Pastorino, Guido, 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, pp. 301-344 in Zootaxa 4179 (3) on pages 312-313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256431

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMB
Family
Buccinidae
Genus
Glypteuthria
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
ZMB 101552
Order
Neogastropoda
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Strebel
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 sec. Pastorino, 2016

References

  • Strebel, H. (1905) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. 3. Zoologischen Jahrbuchern. Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie, und Biologie der Tiere, 22 (6), 575 - 666.
  • Smith, E. A. (1881) Account of the Zoological collections made during the Survey of H. M. S. " Alert " in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and molluscoidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881, 22 - 44.
  • Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1932) Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 30, 157 - 169.
  • Harasewych, M. G. & Kantor, Y. (2004) The deep-sea Buccinoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of the Scotia Sea and adjacent abyssal plains and trenches. The Nautilus, 118 (1), 1 - 42.
  • Thiele, J. (1925) Gastropoda der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer " Valdivia ", 17 (2), 35 - 382.
  • Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1945) Two South African species renamed. Journal of Conchology, 22, 135.
  • Weaver, C. S. & Dupont, J. E. (1970) Living volutes. A monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the world. Delaware Museum of Natural History, Greenville, 375 pp.
  • Barnard, K. H. (1957) Glypteuthria capensis: a generic correction. Journal of Conchology, 24 (6), 210.
  • Rehder, H. A. (1969) Volutocorbis and Fusivoluta, two genera of deepwater Volutidae from South Africa. The Veliger, 11, 200 - 209.
  • Kilburn R. N., Marais J. P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. In: Marais A. P. & Seccombe A. D. (Eds.), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Vol. 1. Centre for Molluscan Studies, Groenkloof, Pretoria, pp. 16 - 52.
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1852) Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie, 3, 162 - 165.