Leptochiton cf. laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010

Sirenko, Boris, 2020, New Zealand and Australian species of the genus Leptochiton (Mollusca Polyplacophora), Zootaxa 4851 (3), pp. 401-449 : 417

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4408166

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2CD3F-FFF7-0C1A-BD99-2375CFD43EA4

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scientific name

Leptochiton cf. laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010
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Leptochiton cf. laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010 View in CoL

( Figures 18–21 View FIGURE 18 View FIGURE 19 View FIGURE 20 View FIGURE 21 , 44G, H View FIGURE 44 )

Leptochiton cf. sykesi Sirenko & Gallardo 2005: 89 View in CoL [non Leptochiton sykesi (Sowerby III, 1903) View in CoL ]

Leptochiton laurae Schwabe & Sellanes 2010: 37–41 View in CoL , Figs. 1J View FIGURE 1 , 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 A–D; Sirenko 2015: 161 View Cited Treatment , figs. 8A–C, 9–16; Sirenko & Sellanes 2016: 264 View Cited Treatment , figs. 1E, 9–11.

Type material. Holotype ( ZSM Mol 20070760).

Type locality. Chile, off Concepcion , 36º22.19’S, 73º43.36’W, 846 m. GoogleMaps

Material examined. New Zealand, South Island , off Palliser Bay, 41°42.30’S, 175°9.00’E, F/ V GoogleMaps Admiral , stn 1957083, 1006 m, 2 spm, BL 5.0–8.0 mm, ( NMNZ M 012864 View Materials ), 17.02.1957 ; SW of Kaikoura Peninsula , upper Kaikoura Canyon, 42°29.00’S, 173°37.00’E, R / V GoogleMaps Acheron, stn 1976545, 1006– 1097 m, mud, 1 spm, BL 11.0 mm, ( NMNZ M 051009 View Materials ), 18.03.1976 ; South Island , SSE of Kaikoura, 42°49.90’S, 173°48.40’E, R / V GoogleMaps James Cook , stn 1986020, 927– 995 m, 1 spm, BL 10.5 mm, ( NMNZ M 319764 View Materials ), 10.05.1986 ; North Island , southern Kermadec Ridge, Rumble Volcano, 36°8.37’S, 178°1292’E, R / V Tangaroa, stn TAN0107/231, 1210– 1040 m, 1 spm, BL 13.5 mm, ( NMNZ M 319773 View Materials ), 24.05.2001 .

Distribution. Off Chile, from 34.5°S to the Magellan Strait and Beagle Channel, South Orkney, South Shetland, Kerguelen and Crozet Islands and New Zealand, 88–1210 m. The present report near New Zealand of L. cf. laurae would greatly extend the previously known distribution of this species if confirmed.

Remarks. The examined specimen (NMNZ M 051009, with BL 11.0 mm) has 11 gills per side arranged from valve VI to anus, and a 3.0 mm long radula with 30 transverse rows of mature teeth. The New Zealand material shows some differences to the holotype and to some specimens studied by Sirenko (2015) and Sirenko & Sellanes (2016). The examined specimen differs from the holotype by having 1 or 2 ribs on dorsal scales [vs. 6–8 very faint longitudinal ribs in the holotype ( Schwabe & Sellanes 2010)]. In my opinion the number of ribs on dorsal scales is variable in this species. Specimens from South Shetland Islands were shown ( Sirenko 2015) to have smooth scales, while those from New Zealand and the Magellan region have 1–2 ribs and the specimens from Northern Chile have 3 ribs. Compared to the previously studied material, the specimens from New Zealand have a longer antemucronal area and rounded valves. As was mentioned by Sirenko (2015) and Sirenko & Sellanes (2016) L. laurae belongs to the group of L. sykesi .

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

NMNZ

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Polyplacophora

SubClass

Neoloricata

Order

Lepidopleurida

Family

Leptochitonidae

Genus

Leptochiton

Loc

Leptochiton cf. laurae Schwabe & Sellanes, 2010

Sirenko, Boris 2020
2020
Loc

Leptochiton laurae

Sirenko, B. I. & Sellanes, J. 2016: 264
Sirenko, B. I. 2015: 161
Schwabe, E. & Sellanes, J. 2010: 41
2010
Loc

Leptochiton cf. sykesi

Sirenko, B. I. & Gallardo, C. 2005: 89
2005
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