Published June 27, 2025 | Version v1
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Lora equatorialis Dall 1919

  • 1. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospect 33, 119071 Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • 2. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. & Alexander.
  • 3. Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 43 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France.

Description

Lora equatorialis Dall, 1919

(Pseudomelatomidae, genus assignment uncertain)

Fig. 35B

Lora equatorialis Dall, 1919: 44, pl. 13 fig. 2.

? Leucosyrinx equatorialis – McLean 1971a: 120, fig. 38.

Type material

Syntypes

PACIFIC OCEAN • 3 specs; coast of Ecuador to Patagonia; depth 122–407 ftm; USNM 97092, 97070, 697384.

Remarks

The small shell (13.5 mm in shell length, according to the original description) is characterized by a very short siphonal canal, strong axial ribs extending from the subsutural ramp to the siphonal canal, and an extremely shallow, barely discernible anal sinus. These features exclude the species from Leucosyrinx. McLean (1971a: fig. 38) illustrated the radula of a specimen from the type series (USNM 97070), but due to the small size of the photograph, little can be discerned beyond the presence of duplex marginal teeth. This suggests that the species likely belongs to the family Pseudomelatomidae, though we are currently unable to determine its exact generic position.

Distribution

Type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Kantor, Yuri I., Fedosov, Alexander & Puillandre, Nicolas, 2025, Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae), pp. 1-126 in European Journal of Taxonomy 999 on pages 107-109, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.999.2945, http://zenodo.org/record/15881061

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Material sample ID
USNM 97092, USNM 97070, USNM 697384
Scientific name authorship
Dall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Pseudomelatomidae
Genus
Lora
Species
equatorialis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Lora equatorialis Dall, 1919 sec. Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2025

References

  • Dall W. H. 1919. Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56 (2288): 1-86. Available from https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765993 [accessed 7 Nov. 2024].
  • McLean J. H. 1971 a. A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the eastern Pacific. The Veliger 14 (1): 114-130. Available from http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413241 [accessed 7 Nov. 2024].
  • Finlay H. J. 1926. New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 227-258. Available from http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002400.html [accessed 7 Nov. 2024].
  • Martens E. von 1901. Einige neue Meer-Conchylien von der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Sitzungs- Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1901: 14-26. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798420 [accessed 7 Nov. 2024].
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  • Dall W. H. 1908. Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer " Albatross, " during 1891, Lieut. - Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer " Albatross ", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut. - Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43 (6): 205-487. Available from http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [accessed 7 Nov. 2024].
  • Lee Y. - C. 2001. Two new bathyal turrids (Gastropoda: Turridae) from West Pacific. Memoir, Malacological Society of Taiwan 1: 7-9.