New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia
Author
Scarabino, Victor
John T. Huber
text
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2008
196
215
268
journal article
978-2-85653-614-8
1243-4442
Dentalium
sp. 1
.
Figs 1d, 2a
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
New Caledonia
proper.
Koumac. EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1286,
Plateau Karembé
, 20°38’-
20°39’S
, 164°16’-
164°17’E
, intertidal,
1 lv
.
REMARKS. — The material consists of a single specimen (L 22.6, W 3, w 1.6, arc 3) with 8 ribs that cannot be assigned to any species recorded from the area. I prefer to wait for additional material to describe it. The specimen resembles a large shell of
Dentalium variabile
, but with rather smooth intercostal spaces. It is also close to
Dentalium lessoni
Deshayes, 1825
(
lectotype
and
paralectotypes
, all heavily eroded, at MNHN) but the latter species possesses 9 primary ribs.