Tubulophilinopsis Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2018, GEN. NOV.
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GENUS TUBULOPHILINOPSIS GEN. NOV.
(FIGS 3O, 4A–D, 5B, E, I; TABLES 1 AND 2)
Type species: Philinopsis pilsbryi Eliot, 1900. By subsequent designation.
Diagnosis: Living animals up to 30 mm in length. Body elongated, oval, reduced sensory bristles, not visible to the naked eye; cephalic shield well differentiated from the body, with frontal elevation, crest-like (autapomorphy); eyes frontal, conspicuous, inserted in small circular unpigmented periocular areas (autapomorphy); posterior shield with symmetrical, rounded, short caudal lobes (Figs 3O, 4). Shell variable, convex-dilated with open whorl (Fig. 5B), convex-concealed (Fig. 5E) or spoon-shaped with prolonged and semi-wide open whorl (Fig. 5I). Buccal bulb tubular, long, muscular (autapomorphy). Penial papilla conical; prostate formed by a long narrow duct, not coiled (autapomorphy) (Rudman, 1972a; Gosliner, 1980).
Type locality: Rotuma Island, Fiji.
Etymology: The genus name (Lat. tubule = tube) refers to the tubular buccal bulb present in all species included in this new genus.
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- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFFAFFC1A02FFFE8C148FFF2FFE41D00 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/7375EA1-7EE1-46A8-ADCF-8FC6AA1CE065 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03C387B9A008FFCFC2CFFE7BFB961954 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Zamora-Silva & Malaquias
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Cephalaspidea
- Family
- Aglajidae
- Genus
- Tubulophilinopsis
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tubulophilinopsis Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2018
References
- Rudman WB. 1972 a. A comparative study of the genus philinopsis Pease 1860 (Aglajidae, Opisthobranchia). Pacific Science 26: 381-399.
- Gosliner TM. 1980. Systematics and phylogeny of the aglajidae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 68: 325-360.