Porosalvania vixplicata, Gofas, 2007

Gofas, Serge, 2007, Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from northeast Atlantic seamounts, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 779-885 : 856-857

Porosalvania vixplicata n. sp.

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Type material

Holotype MNHN 9722 (sh., 2.42× 1.40 mm) and 30 paratypes MNHN 9779 (sh., 1.82×1.18 to 2.62× 1.52 mm) from Seamount 2 sta. DW263, in MNHN.

Type locality

Figures

Figure 50. Porosalvania vixcostata n. sp. (A) Holotype (sh.) from Atlantis seamount, DW263 (610 m), actual size 2.42 mm; (B) paratype (sh.), same locality, actual size 2.52 mm; (C) protoconch of the holotype; (D) microsculpture of the holotype; (E) shell resembling P. vixcostata from Meteor seamount, DW179 (730 m), actual size 2.30 mm. Scale bars: 100 Mm (C); 50 Mm (D).