Aleutijapelion aleuticus (Dall, 1895)

Mclean, James H. & Clark, Roger N., 2023, Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Zootaxa 5351 (2), pp. 151-201 : 158-160

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8399584

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Aleutijapelion aleuticus (Dall, 1895)
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Aleutijapelion aleuticus (Dall, 1895)

Figures 6 B–E View FIGURE 6

Beringius aleuticus Dall, 1895:711 View in CoL , pl. 29, fig. 2.

Type locality: Amutka Pass, Aleutian Is., Alaska (52°15.00 N, 171°40.00 W), 454 m (R/ V Albatross Station # 3481). Type material: Holotype, USNM 106999 About USNM , 66 mm. GoogleMaps

Referred material: LACM 181446 About LACM , 1 sp. , 73.2 mm. S of Kodiak Island , 118 m ; RNC 4631 , 1 sp. , 72.16 mm. S of Kodiak Island (56°29.85 N, 152°30.06 W), 297 m ( NMFS 57-200101 - 146 ) GoogleMaps ; LACM 181447 About LACM , 1 sp. , 50.5 mm. ESE of Chirikov Island, SW of Kodiak Id. , 122 m ; CASIZ 149898 , 67.4 mm. Samalga Pass, Islands of Four Mountains (52º55.8 N, 169º20.4 W), 401 m ( NMFS 23-200001 - 33 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4611 , 1 sp. , 66.4 mm. Shumagin Is., SE of Alaska Peninsula (54°41.13 N, 158°00.15 W), 440 m ( NMFS 57-200101 - 92 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4646 , 1 sp. , 59.5 mm. Shumagin Is., Shumagin Is., SE of Alaska Peninsula (54°30.70 N, 158°52.02 W), 361 m ( NMFS 159-200901 - 73 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4705 , 1 sp. , 81.5 mm. S of Unalaska Island , Fox Ids. (53°06.2 N, 166°58.66 W), 294 m ( NMFS 57-200101 - 8 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4772 , 1 sp. , 74.34 mm. S of Umnak Id. , Fox Ids. (53°27.12 N, 168°29.93 W), 86 m ( NMFS 143-200601 - 23 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4880 , 1 sp. , 63.25 mm. W of Carlisle Island , Islands of Four Mountains (52°55.86 N, 170°24.58 W), 228 m ( NMFS 143- 200601 - 29 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4881 , 1 sp. , 80.14 mm. S of Yunaska Island , Islands of Four Mountains (52°31.75 N, 170°33.55 W), 220 m ( NMFS 143-200601 - 40 ) GoogleMaps ; RNC 4689 , 1 sp. , 78.9 mm. W of Tanaga Island , Andreanof Ids. (51°39.68 N, 178°25.57 W), 373 m ( NMFS 143-201201 - 125 ) GoogleMaps .

Description: Relatively large shells (largest examined 81 mm, RNC 4705); whorls rounded; periostracum thin, adherent, olive green to brown, shiny, not flaking in dry shells; color pattern two-tone, lighter on sharply defined basal area. protoconch with 2.5 whorls extended (but not nearly as much as in Beringius ), scarcely if at all increasing in size; seven or eight teleconch whorls; axial lacking (except for growth lines), spiral sculpture absent, or if present, consisting of a few low, faint, irregular cords, or faint oblique ridges on upper part of whorl; siphonal canal short, base deeply notched near pillar; anterior lip extending below anterior tip of pillar. Lip of mature shell thickened and slightly flaring; lip continuous across anal sinus, connecting to narrow parietal shield in mature shells. Operculum (fig. 6 D) large, nearly filling aperture, narrowing anteriorly, concave on exterior surface.

Radula: (fig. 12 E) Typical of this subfamily. Rachidian tooth reduced to a simple, chevron shaped, acuspate plate. Lateral teeth rather narrow, tricuspid, the outer cusp long curved, inner two cusps much smaller.

Distribution: Western Gulf of Alaska, S of Kodiak Island (152°29 W) to central Aleutian Islands, west to Tanaga Pass, Andreanof Ids. (178°25 W), at depths of 86– 454 m.

Habitat: Black sand and gravel or muddy sand and gravel with pebbles. Water temperatures of 3.7–5.0°C.

Remarks: This species differs from Aleutijapelion mirandus n. sp. in having a broader profile, and in lacking the narrow, channeled shoulder Also resembles Boreancistrolepis excelsus (see remarks under that species).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Colidae

Genus

Aleutijapelion

Loc

Aleutijapelion aleuticus (Dall, 1895)

Mclean, James H. & Clark, Roger N. 2023
2023
Loc

Beringius aleuticus

Dall 1895: 711
1895
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