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Akritogyra conspicua Monterosato 1880

Description

Akritogyra conspicua (Monterosato, 1880)

Fig. 13 a–c

Cyclostrema conspicuum Monterosato, 1880 [a] (p. 66).

Cyclostrema valvatoides Forbes—Di Geronimo & Bellagamba 1985 (pl. 2, figs. 1–2). Akritogyra conspicua (Monterosato, 1880) —Warén 1991[a] (p. 163, figs. 14 C–D, 15 D–F); Giannuzzi-Savelli et al. 1994 (p. 104, fig. 345); Repetto et al. 2005 (p. 90, bottom left fig.).

Diagnostic characters. Depressed trochiform, thin shell; flattened spire; large rounded aperture; moderately wide umbilicus; smooth outer surface. Protoconch: very low-spired; 1.25 whorls; diameter about 300 µm; smooth surface (poorly preserved); transition to the teleoconch marked by a thin lip.

Occurrence. Cores BC05 (1 specimen), BC51 (1). Maximum height: 1.5 mm.

Distribution and habitat. Akritogyra conspicua is an endemic Mediterranean species, found in both the western and the eastern basins between 100 and 2400 m depth, sometimes in proximity of cold seeps (Warén 1991[a]; Pons-Moyà & Pons 2000; Galil 2004; Ritt et al. 2011).

Fossil record. Pleistocene (Upper Glacial) of Sardinia (Di Geronimo & Bellagamba 1985).

Notes

Published as part of Negri, Mauro Pietro & Corselli, Cesare, 2016, Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian margin, southern Italy), pp. 1-97 in Zootaxa 4186 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4186.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165288

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Monterosato
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Trochida
Family
Skeneidae
Genus
Akritogyra
Species
conspicua
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Akritogyra conspicua Monterosato, 1880 sec. Negri & Corselli, 2016

References

  • Di Geronimo, I. & Bellagamba, M. (1985) Malacofaune dei dragaggi BS 77 - 1 e BS 77 - 2 (Sardegna nord orientale). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 24 (2 - 3), 111 - 129.
  • Giannuzzi-Savelli, R., Pusateri, F., Palmeri, A. & Ebreo, C. (1994) Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo. Vol. 1 (Archaeogastropoda). La Conchiglia, Roma, 125 pp.
  • Repetto, G., Orlando, F. & Arduino, G. (2005) Conchiglie del Mediterraneo: 1770 specie illustrate con distribuzione e frequenza. Amici del Museo " Federico Eusebio ", Alba, 392 pp.
  • Pons-Moya, J. & Pons, G. X. (2000) Molluscs de fons fangosos batials del Coll de Mallorca (SW de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Mediterrania Occidental). Bolletin de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, 43, 105 - 110.
  • Galil, B. S. (2004) The limit of the sea. The bathyal fauna of the Levantine Sea. Scientia Marina, 68 (supplement 3), 63 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2004.68 s 363