Erosaria Troschel, 1863

Simone, Luiz Ricardo L. & Cunha, Carlo M., 2012, Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD 55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda), Zoosystema 34 (4), pp. 745-781 : 751

Genus Erosaria Troschel, 1863

Erosaria acicularis ( Gmelin, 1791) ( Fig. 3A, B )

Synonymy: see Simone (2004: 42, 43). Complement:

Erosaria acicularis – Simone 2004: 42-48, figs 7-10, 72, 154-173. — Simone & Gonçalves 2006: 13, 14, figs 1-3.

Cypraea (Erosaria) acicularis – Rios 2009: 132, fig. 313.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Brazil, Espírito Santo, off Itaúnas, continental slope of Abrolhos, 18°59’S, 37°48’W, 607-620 m depth, MNHN, 2 shells ( Fig. 3A, B ), MZSP 104060, 1 shell ( MD 55, stn DC 73, Bouchet, Leal & Métivier coll., 27. V.1987).

MEASUREMENTS (in mm). — MNHN (1): 23.1 × 15.3.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Cypraeoideans: A, Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791), MNHN (1), apertural view (L 23.1 mm); B, same, dorsal view; C, Luria cinerea (Gmelin, 1791), MNHN, stn DC73 (1), apertural view (L 17.0 mm); D, same, dorsal view; E, stn DC75 (1), young specimen, apertural view (L 7.4 mm); F, same, dorsal view; G; Lamellaria sp., MNHN (stn DC73), apertural view (L 3.7 mm); H, same, dorsal view; I, Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005, MNHN (stn DC73), apertural view (L 3.8 mm); J, same, left view; K, same, right view; L, same, dorsal view; M, Pseudosimnia lacrima n. sp., holotype MNHN 25217, dorsal view (L 7.5 mm); N, same, right view; O, same, apertural view; P, Cleotrivia antillarum (Schilder, 1922), MNHN (stn DC73), apertural view (L 4.5 mm); Q, same, right view; R, same, dorsal view; S, same, MZSP 104031, apertural view (L 4.1 mm); T, same, dorsal view.