Ketosia, Santos, Franklin Noel Dos & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2006

Santos, Franklin Noel Dos & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2006, A new genus of Barleeidae Gray, 1857 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and the first occurrence of the genus Pseudodiala Ponder, 1967 off the Brazilian coast, Zootaxa 1232, pp. 59-68 : 60-61

Ketosia new genus

Type species: Ketosia riosi new species

Description

Shell conical to conical­pupoid, whorls convex to slightly convex anteriorly, brownreddish, cream, orange, lustrous to opaque. Protoconch paucispiral, dome­shaped. Surface with irregular pits. Teleoconch with four whorls, smooth, with deep pits. Suture impressed. Base rounded. Aperture oval to oval­subcircular, occasionally separated from peripheral region of teleoconch by slight depression. Lip thin. Umbilicus absent.

Etymology

Derived from Ketos, a mythical creature ridden by nymphs. A Ketos had a cetacean tail, a snake’s body and a wolf’s head, i.e., possessed an unusual combination of characters present in other animals, like our new genus.