Conus (Asprella) gigasulcatus Moolenbeek, R
Creators
- 1. Departamento CMIM y Química Inorgánica - Instituto de Biomoléculas (INBIO), Facultad de Ciencias, Torre Norte, 1 ª Planta, Universidad de Cadiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain. & Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, F- 75005 Paris, France.
- 2. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 26, F- 75005 Paris, France.
Description
Conus (Asprella) gigasulcatus Moolenbeek, R ̂ckel & Bouchet, 2008
Figs 52I–K, 54
Conus gigasulcatus Moolenbeek et al., 2008: 43.
Asprella gigasulcata – Tucker & Tenorio 2013: 206. — Monnier et al. 2018a: 614.
Material examined
5 lots (6 specimens). See Supp. file 1.
Type material
Holotype FIJI • 73.1 mm; south of Viti Levu; 18°12.4′ S, 178°33.0′ E; 144–150 m depth; MNHN-IM-2000-21041 (Fig. 52I).
Figured material
NEW CALEDONIA • 85.2 mm; SE Terrasses, off New Caledonia, stn CP3091; 22°17′ S, 167°09′ E; 260‒270 m depth; 25 Oct. 2008; TERRASSES expedition; MNHN (Fig. 52J) • 80.9 mm; off SE New Caledonia, stn CP852; 21º44′ S, 166º36′ E; 253‒266 m depth; 19 Mar. 1994; HALIPRO 1 expedition; MNHN (Fig. 52K).
Geographical distribution and bathymetry
Fiji, at depths between 150‒260 m, Indonesia (Kei Islands, off Irian Jaya) in 82 m, Solomon Islands between 97 and 381 m, Vanuatu between 45 and 175 m, and New Caledonia (E coast)between 100‒ 300 m.
Remarks
Shell moderately large to large (maximum length 88 mm), broadly conical with a rather low, concave spire. Protoconch missing in all specimens examined. Radular morphology not known. Initially described from Fiji, this species has been subsequently reported from many other localities. One specimen from Vanuatu has been sequenced. In the phylogeny, it appears sister to the clade containing C. fijisulcatus and C. samiae.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MNHN
- Event date
- 1994-03-19 , 2008-10-25
- Family
- Conidae
- Genus
- Conus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Moolenbeek, R
- Species
- gigasulcatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1994-03-19 , 2008-10-25
References
- Bouchet P., Heros V., Lozouet P. & Maestrati P. 2008. A quarter-century of deep-sea malacological exploration in the South and West Pacific: Where do we stand? How far to go? In: Heros V., Cowie R. H. & Bouchet P. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25: 9 - 40. Memoires du Museum national d'histoire naturelle 196, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- Moolenbeek R. G., R ˆ ckel D. & Bouchet P. 2008. New records and new species of cones from deeper water off Fiji (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae). Vita Malacologica 6: 35 - 49.
- Monnier E., Limpalaer L., Robin A. & Roux C. 2018 a. A Taxonomic Iconography of Living Conidae, Vols 1 and 2. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany.