Cerithiopsis aimen Rolán & Espinosa, 1996

Pimenta, Alexandre Dias, Faria, Raquel Garofalo De Souza, Figueira, Raquel Medeiros Andrade & Fernandes, Maurício Romulo, 2024, Unraveling another of the ‘ Big Fiveʹ: new species and records of Cerithiopsidae from Brazil (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea), Zootaxa 5494 (1), pp. 1-71 : 40

Cerithiopsis aimen Rolán & Espinosa, 1996

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Cerithiopsis aimen Rolán & Espinosa, 1996: 142 , figs. 27–30.

Cerithiopsis aimen : Figueira & Pimenta (2008: 73, figs. 6–11; Rolán et al. 2012: 7, fig. 12).

Type material. Holotype: MNCN 15.05 /17220.

Type locality. Cuba, Cienfuegos Bay .

Material examined. USA: -- Florida: Sebastian Inlet, Kiske coll.: MZSP 51586 [4 lv]; Brazil: -- Rio de Janeiro state: HAB 13 sta. H4: MNRJ 16531 [1*p]; RAP IG sta. 4: UERJ ex–4013 [2]; -- São Paulo state: Praia da Enseada , Ubatuba, Lange-de-Morretes coll.: MZSP 155544 [1]; -- Paraná state: Ilha dos Ratos , de Fiore coll.: MZSP 155501 [2].

Geographic and bathymetric distribution. Disjunct distribution, in the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic Province (Florida and Cuba) and in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic Province and Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic Province (Bahia to Paraná states). From littoral to 23 m ( Figueira & Pimenta, 2008) to 98 m (this study).

Figures

FIGURE 20A–D. Cerithiopsis aimen Rolán & Espinosa, 1996. Shell from Rio de Janeiro state (MNRJ 16531). FIGURE 20E–H. Cerithiopsis prieguei Rolán & Espinosa, 1996. Shell from Rio de Janeiro state (MNRJ 32617). FIGURE 20I–L. Cerithiopsis balaustium Figueira & Pimenta, 2008. Shell from Rio de Janeiro state (MNRJ 16527). C, G, K: protoconch of shells in B, F and J, respectively; D: detail of teleoconch whorls of shell in B; H, L: detail of protoconch sculpture of protoconchs in G and K, respectively. Lengths of whole shells: A–B: 1.8 mm; E–F: 2.4 mm; I: 1.8 mm; J: 1.7 mm. Scale bars: A–B, E–F, I–J: 1 mm; C–D, G–H, K–L: 100 µm.