Porosalvania profundior, Gofas, 2007

Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 779-885 : 861

Porosalvania profundior n. sp.

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Type material

Holotype MNHN 9725 (sh., 3.20× 1.66 mm) and 30 paratypes MNHN 9783 (sh., 2.60×1.56 to 3.42× 1.72 mm) from Seamount 2 sta. DW203, in MNHN.

Type locality

Figures

Figure 53. Porosalvania profundior n. sp. (A) Holotype (sh.) from Hyères seamount, DW203 (845 m), actual size 3.20 mm; (B) paratype (sh.), same locality, actual size 2.84 mm; (C) protoconch of the same paratype; (D) microsculpture of the holotype; (E, F) shells from Tyro seamount, DW278 (890 m), actual sizes 2.82 and 2.78 mm. Scale bars: 100 Mm (C); 50 Mm (E).

Figure 54. Porosalvania profundior n. sp. (A, B) Shells from Atlantis seamount, DW261 (1340 m), actual sizes 3.04 and 3.34 mm; (C) shell with very low spire for this species, same locality, actual size 2.70 mm; (D) protoconch, same as (C); (E) microsculpture, same as (B). Scale bars: 100 Mm (D); 50 Mm (E).