Famelica monotropis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)

Ortega, José Rafael & Gofas, Serge, 2019, The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca, Zoosystema 41 (26), pp. 513-551 : 538

Famelica monotropis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)

( Fig. 22F, G )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 3 sh., DW130.

REMARK

So far only known from the holotype and three more shells collected in 1360-1600 m off the Azores. New to Spanish waters.

Figures

FIG. 22. — A, B, Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897), shell from DW120 (10.5 mm); new to the Canaries; C, D, Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881), shell from DW130 (7.7 mm); new to the Canaries; E, Kurtziella serga, shell from DW129 (8.8 mm); F, G, Famelica monotropis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896), shell from DW130 (5.7 mm); new to Spanish waters; H-I, Neopleurotomoides callembryon (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896), shell from DW130 (2.3 mm); new to Spanish waters; J, Neopleurotomoides callembryon, scanning electron micrograph of the protoconch of another shell from DW130; K-L, Pleurotomella demosia (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer,1896),shell from DW126 (8.7 mm); new to the Canaries;M-N, Pleurotomella eurybrocha (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896), shell from DW130 (3.8 mm); new to the Canaries. Scale bar: J, 500 µm, all measurements refer to shell height.