Neopilina galatheae Lemche, 1957

Schwabe, Enrico, 2008, A summary of reports of abyssal and hadal Monoplacophora and Polyplacophora (Mollusca) *, Zootaxa 1866, pp. 205-222 : 208

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Neopilina galatheae Lemche 1957: 414 , figs 1–4.

Due to the presence of 10 specimens from the type locality: East Pacific, off Costa Rica (09°23'N, 89°32'W),

3590 m, the first record of a living representative of the monoplacophora was not only a sensation but also led

to numerous detailed studies of the morphology and anatomy of this representative of an ancient lineage. Later the species was recollected in abyssal depths from the following localities:

specimen number unknown; 3000 km further north of the tip of the southern end of Baja California, 2780–2810 m [it remains unclear whether the author refers to N. galatheae or only to Neopilina sp.] ( Wolff 1961)

3 specimens from Mexico, Baja California, off Cape San Lucas (22°32.5'N, 109°40.8'W), 2781–2809 m ( Parker 1961)

1 specimen from the East Pacific, off Costa Rica (10°07'N, 89°50'W), 3718 m ( Menzies & Layton 1962)

1 specimen (mentioned as “ Neopilina aff. Galatheae ”) from the southeastern Pacific, off Chile (05°51.7'S, 81°48.8'W), 5300–5320 m ( Moskalev 1977).

References

Lemche, H. (1957) A new living deep-sea mollusc of the Cambro-Devonian class Monoplacophora. Nature, 179, 413 - 416.

Menzies, R. J. & Layton, W. (1962) A new species of Monoplacophoran Mollusc, Neopilina (Neopilina) veleronis from the slope of the Cedros Trench, Mexico. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5 (13), 401 - 406, pls 7 - 10.

Moskalev, L. I. (1977) Towards a revision of molluscs Lepetidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) of the world ocean. Works of the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences U. S. S. R., 108, 52 - 78.

Parker, R. H. (1961) Speculations on the origin of the invertebrate faunas of the lower continental slope. Deep Sea Research, 8 (3 - 4), 286 - 293.

Wolff, T. (1961) Animal life from a single abyssal trawling. Galathea 2 Report, 5, 129 - 162, pl. 9.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Representatives of monoplacophorans and polyplacophorans from below 2000 m. A, dorsal view of the holotype of Neopilina galatheae Lemche, 1957 from the East Pacific, off Costa Rica (09 ° 23 ' N, 89 ° 32 ' W), 3590 m (photo by G. Brovad, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen). B, C, Left lateral (B) and dorsal view (C) of the holotype of Ferreiraella tsuchidai Saito, 2006 (National Science Museum Tokyo Mo 73601) from the Philippine Basin between Mindanao Island and Palau Islands (05 ° 30.8 ' 05 ° 28.0 ' N, 130 ° 20.2 ' 130 ° 19.9 ' E), 5567 m (photos by H. Saito, National Science Museum Tokyo).