Pseudotalopia taiwanensis ( Chen, 2006 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5671301 |
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Pseudotalopia taiwanensis ( Chen, 2006 ) |
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Pseudotalopia taiwanensis ( Chen, 2006) View in CoL nov. comb.
( Figures 45–47 View FIGURES 45 – 52 )
2006 Gibbula taiwanensis nov. spec.—Chen: p. 21, fig. 1. 2007 Gibbula taiwanensis —Chen & Fu: p. 67, fig. 2.
Material. Anda 3 (1 adult); Tiep 2 (1 damaged specimen); Tiep 3 (1 juvenile).
Characterization. Domed, thick trochiform shell with narrow spiral ribs, a well-developed basal keel and color blotches on a pinkish background color, H 5.9 mm, W 7.3 mm; protoconch glossy white, DN 0.08–0.09 mm; P/T boundary poorly defined at 1.2 whorls; inner lip white, glossy, columellar lip twisted; deep, narrow umbilicus with spiral cord and weak lamellae.
Distribution. Hitherto the species has only been reported from waters off Taiwan, on sandy bottoms, 150–200 m depth ( Chen 2006).
Remarks. Chen (2006) found a specimen of this species inside the stomach of a starfish, so apparently this species is predated on by starfishes. The deep-water Indo-West Pacific species currently assigned to Gibbula are likely unrelated to that European genus of intertidal species (STW unpub. genetic data). We tentatively assign ‘ Gibbula’ taiwanensis to the deep-sea genus Pseudotalopia based on preliminary genetic data (STW). Molecular data show that Pseudotalopia should be assigned to the trochid subfamily Cantharidinae ( Williams 2012) .
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