Verconia, Pruvot-Fol, 1931

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 42-43

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6025915

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FFF9-FFAE-9790-F8B0FAADFE35

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scientific name

Verconia
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Verconia View in CoL sp.

( Figures 13 F View FIGURE 13 , 14 A–D View FIGURE 14 )

Material examined. Seven specimens. MB28-004412, ZRP, 18 Jul. 2011, 1m, 7mm; MB28-004436, ZRP, 10 Dec. 2011, 2m, 6mm; MB28-004504, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 1m, 4mm; MB28-00 4956, 0 7 Jan. 2015, 0.5m, 10mm; MHN- YT1493, ZRP, 21 Mar. 2015, 0.5m, 12mm; MB28-005012, ZRP, 0.5m, 14mm; ZMBN119 701, ZRP, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 1m, 12mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. The generic placement of this species was verified through internal examination. The radula is small and typical of the genus: with no central tooth, very long outer and triangular innermost teeth ( Rudman 1984). The radula formula of a 14mm specimen (MB28-005012) is 30x 21.0.21 ( Fig. 14 A View FIGURE 14 ). The lateral teeth have 2 to 6 denticles ( Fig. 14 B View FIGURE 14 ), the innermost teeth 2 to 4 denticles on the outer side and one denticle on the inner side, which may be bifid ( Fig. 14 C–D View FIGURE 14 ). This species appears to be undescribed (Gosliner et al. 2008, 2015).

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