Fustiaria liodon (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)

Figs. 48–52

+ Dentalium liodon Pilsbry and Sharp 1897: 107, pl. 21, figs. 37–39; Matthews and Rios 1974: 47.

+ Dentalium (Laevidentalium) liodon: Henderson 1920: 76, pl. 12, figs. 2–4; Warmke and Abbott 1961: 225, fig. 34b; Rios 1970: 144; Penna 1972: 231; Penna­Neme 1974: 112.

+ Dentalium (Laevidentalium) liodon liodon: Henderson 1920: 76.

+ Dentalium (Laevidentalium) liodon alloschismum Pilsbry and Sharp 1897: 108, pl. 21, figs. 40–42; Henderson 1920: 77, pl. 13, figs. 1, 4–6.

+Laevidentalium liodon: Scarabino 1985: 199, pl. 73, fig. 1023; 1994: 308, pl. 107, fig. 1511; Cabral and Mello 1994: 39, figs. 11, 12; Díaz and Puyana 1994: 256, pl. 71, fig. 1043.

+ Fustiaria liodon: Steiner and Kabat 2001: 445; 2004: 611.

Type material

Holotype ANSP 35554.

Type locality

St. Martin, West Indies (by original designation).

Diagnosis

Shell medium (to 34 mm), slender, slightly curved, regularly tapering, translucent, glossy, brilliant. Without sculpture. Apex with narrow slit or V­shape notch on the ventral side. Section circular throughout.

Distribution

USA: Florida; Caribbean Sea: St. Martin (Pilsbry & Sharp 1897); Barbados; Antigua; Honduras (Henderson 1920); Brazil: Amapá to Rio de Janeiro, including Fernando de Noronha Island (Penna 1972; Penna­Neme 1974; Scarabino 1975, 1985, 1994). Living 26 to 59 m (Penna­Neme 1974), shells down to 150 m.

Remarks

Pilsbry and Sharp (1897) noted that the apical slit can be positioned on the convex or on the concave side, or even laterally. However, the material examined in this study had shown only ventrally located slit (Figs. 51 and 52).