Anekes spiralis Gofas & Luque & Oliver & Templado & Serrano 2021, sp. nov.
- 1. Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
- 2. Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c / Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
- 3. Alcorisa 83 12 C, 28043 Madrid, Spain.
- 4. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), c / José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- 5. Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Apdo. 240 Promontorio San Martín, s / n, 39080 Santander, Spain.
Description
Anekes spiralis Gofas & Luque sp. nov.
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Fig. 17A‒H
EtymologyThe specific name refers to the characteristic spiral sculpture.
Type materialHolotype GALICIA BANK • 1 sh (Fig. 17 A ‒ G, 1.7 mm in diameter); 42°56.77′ N, 11°58.53′ W; 1631 m; 2 Aug. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V5; MNCN 15.05 /200139H.
Paratypes GALICIA BANK • 1 spm and 7 sh; same collection data as for holotype; MNCN 15.05 /200139P.
Other material examinedGALICIA BANK • 1 sh; 43°00.12′ N, 11°57.67′ W; 1706 m; 29 Jul. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V2; MNCN.
DescriptionShell minute, very fragile and translucent, up to 2.1 mm height and maximum diameter, trochiform, with a moderately low, slightly cyrtoconoid spire, a rounded periphery and body whorl, and a small but definite umbilicus. Protoconch of ¾ whorl, about 260 µm in maximum diameter, terminated by a simple, curved edge; protoconch sculpture of minute, irregularly spaced granules. Teleoconch with up to 3 convex whorls. First whorls sculptured by minute spiral threads, irregular in size and spacing, about half the size of interspaces; occasionally these threads are interrupted or anastomosing. The spiral threads become inconspicuous on the later whorls, persisting in the subsutural zone and within the umbilical area, but lacking in the median part of the body whorl, where only growth lines can be seen. Umbilicus narrow and deep, not delimited from the rest the whorl. Aperture evenly rounded except for a slight angle at the termination of the suture; outer lip very thin, slightly flexuous, slightly prosocline. Colour slightly yellowish on fresh shells, otherwise whitish.
RemarksSpecies of Anekes are mostly characterized by a peculiar “ Anekes sculpture” which consists of minute raised lines, anastomosing in a criss-cross pattern. In Anekes affinis (Jeffreys, 1883) this sculpture is spread over the entire surface and quite noticeable. Anekes sculpturata Warén, 1992 is similar but smaller (hardly exceeds 1 mm) and the microsculpture has a preferential orientation in the spiral direction, while in A. affinis it forms a non-directional network. In Anekes paucistriata Warén, 1992 the sculpture is evident only on the first whorl and may also occur in the umbilicus, but it is almost completely missing in intermediate surface and an attentive examination is required, under strong magnification and preferably under SEM, to detect it. This kind of sculpture is not exclusive of the genus Anekes, and it is also present on Granigyra inflata (Warén, 1992), originally described in Anekes but later (Warén 1996) found to have radular characters closer to Granigyra Dall, 1889.
Anekes spiralis sp. nov. differs from the other species of Anekes in that the microsculpture is definitely spiral, not just with a preferential orientation like in A. sculpturata or in A. undulisculpta, but a limited anastomosing pattern occurs on some (especially the very early) parts of the shell of A. spiralis sp. nov., supporting the generic placement.
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Additional details
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MNCN
- Event date
- 2011-07-29 , 2011-08-02
- Family
- Limopsidae
- Genus
- Anekes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BANGAL 0711 , MNCN 15.05
- Order
- Seguenziida
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Gofas & Luque & Oliver & Templado & Serrano
- Species
- spiralis
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Verbatim event date
- 2011-07-29 , 2011-08-02
- Taxonomic concept label
- Anekes spiralis Gofas & Luque, 2021
References
- Waren A. 1992. New and little known " Skeneimorph " gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. Bollettino Malacologico 27 (10 - 12): 149 - 248.
- Waren A. 1996. New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3. Sarsia 81 (3): 197 - 245. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00364827.1996.10413622