Leptotrophon minirotundus Houart & Héros 2012, n. comb.
Creators
- 1. Research Associate Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique rue Vautier, 29, B- 1000 Bruxelles (Belgium) roland. houart @ skynet. be
- 2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département systématique & évolution case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 5 (France) malaco @ mnhn. fr
Description
Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986) n. comb.
(Fig. 3K)
Trophon (Trophonopsis) minirotundus Houart, 1986: 438, figs 4, 4a-b.
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (dd) MNHN 24616.
N EW MATERIAL EXAMINED (all MNHN). — New Caledonia. BATHUS 3: stn DW836, Norfolk Ridge, 23°02’S, 166°59’E, 295-306 m, 1 dd. — Stn DW838, Norfolk Ridge, 23°01’S, 166°56’E, 400-402 m, 1 dd.
TYPE LOCALITY. — New Caledonia, 22°30’S, 166°24’E, 250- 350 m.
DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia, bathymetric range unknown for living specimens, empty shells in 306- 400 m.
REMARKS
Examination of additional and more mature material since the original description and comparison with the type species and other species of Leptotrophon leads us to place Trophon minirotundus in Leptotrophon based solely on shell characters. The species has never been collected alive.
Notes
Files
Files
(1.3 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:f0558fe8c0f53551dcab059e9e6b4355
|
1.3 kB | Download |
System files
(12.6 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:39dcdbe67570929856df239e74cd6c8c
|
12.6 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5252/z2012n1a2 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4547204 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFF7FFE8FF81FFDBFFD3FFE5246B2A59 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03CE8790FF8BFFD0FCCBFA2F25DF2894 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- TYPE, MATERIAL
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Leptotrophon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- MNHN 24616
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Houart & Héros
- Species
- minirotundus
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptotrophon minirotundus (Houart, 1986) sec. Houart & Héros, 2012
References
- HOUART R. 1986. - Mollusca Gastropoda: noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, ser. a, zoologie 133: 427 - 455.