Published September 26, 2023
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galaxaios Habe & Sato 1973
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Description
Subfamily Volutopsiinae Habe & Sato, 1973
Diagnosis: Shell small to large (4–16 cm), periostracum thin or lacking; aperture large. Protoconch usually large, bulbous; aperture 1/2 to 3/4 of shell height; sculpture of spiral cords or lirae, axial sculpture usually absent, if present of, folds or wrinkles, varices rare. Radula: Rachidian tooth with 2–7 cusps, lateral teeth with 2, rarely 3 cusps. Operculum much smaller than aperture. Egg cases dome-like or semi-spherical, with typically two to four juveniles.
Remarks: In the Aleutian Islands, 13 species in four genera are recognized, including three new species and one new genus.
Notes
Published as part of Mclean, James H. & Clark, Roger N., 2023, Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 151-201 in Zootaxa 5351 (2) on page 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391375
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Buccinidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Habe & Sato
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Volutopsiinae Habe, 1973 sec. Mclean & Clark, 2023
References
- Habe T. & Sato, J. (1973) A Classification of the Family Buccinidae from the North Pacific. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, No. 8, 1 - 8.