Parmaphorella melvilli ( Thiele, 1912 )

Luca, Javier Di & Zelaya, Diego G., 2019, Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity, Zootaxa 4544 (1), pp. 41-78 : 43-44

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Parmaphorella melvilli ( Thiele, 1912)

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Tugalia antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1907: 98 , fig. 1

Tugali melvilli Thiele, 1912: 257 (nom. nov. pro T. antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1907 non Strebel, 1907)

Parmaphorella melvilli — Powell, 1951: 87, fig. G3 (radula)

Parmophoridea melvilli — Dell, 1990: 77, fig. 122

Examined material. 3 sh. (MACN-In 40660).

Description. Shell length to 11.7 mm (up to 23 mm according to Melvill & Standen 1907); patelliform, low, moderately thick. Apex rolled, located close to posterior margin. Surface white; sculptured with numerous, low radial ribs and prominent growth lines, which produce small beads at their intersections. Aperture ovate, interior white, margin crenulated. Slit closed.

References

Dell, R. K. (1990) Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27, 1 - 311.

Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907) The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 46, 119 - 157, 1 pl.

Powell, A. W. B. (1951) Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda collected by the ships of the Discovery Committee during the years 1926 - 1937. Discovery Reports, 26, 49 - 196, pls. 5 - 10.

Strebel, H. (1907) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz 5. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 25, 79 - 196, pls. 1 - 8.

Thiele, J. (1912) Die Antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition 1901 - 1903, 13, Zoologie 5 (2), 183 ‾ 285, pls. 11 - 19.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A. Parmaphorella melvilli (Thiele, 1912), MACN-In 40660, scale bar = 4 mm. B. Puncturella conica (d´Orbigny, 1841), MACN-In 40661, scale bar = 2 mm. C. Anatoma conica (d´Orbigny, 1841), MACN-In 40662, scale bar = 1 mm. D. Scissurella clathrata Strebel, 1908, MACN-In 40663, scale bar = 0.5 mm. E. Calliostoma cf. moebiusi Strebel, 1905, MACN- In 40665, scale bar = 4 mm. F. Margarella expansa (Sowerby, 1838), MACN-In 40666, scale bar = 2 mm. G. Ganesa sp., MACN-In 40667, scale bar = 1 mm. H. Liotella crassicostata (Strebel, 1908), MACN-In 40664, scale bar = 0.25 mm. I. Colpospirella algida (Melvill & Standen, 1912), MACN-In 40668, scale bar = 2 mm. J. “Cirsotrema” strebeli Zelaya & Güller, 2017, MACN-In 40673, scale bar = 2 mm. K. Cerithiopsis (?) caelatum (Gould, 1849), MACN-In 40677, scale bar = 2 mm. L. Cerithiopsilla burdwoodiana (Melvill & Standen, 1912), MACN-In 40674, scale bar = 1 mm. M. Cerithiopsilla sp., MACN-In 40675, scale bar = 1 mm. N. Eumetula michaelseni (Strebel, 1905), MACN-In 40676, scale bar = 1 mm.