Ledella sp. (NHM_381)

Wiklund, Helena, Taylor, John D., Dahlgren, Thomas G., Todt, Christiane, Ikebe, Chiho, Rabone, Muriel & Glover, Adrian G., 2017, Abyssal fauna of the UK- 1 polymetallic nodule exploration area, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Mollusca, ZooKeys 707, pp. 1-46 : 9

Ledella sp. (NHM_381)

Material examined.

NHM_144 NHMUK 20170050, collected 2013-10-11, 13.75833 -116.69852, 4080 m. http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08d5c39f-b1e4-43d7-a8ea-2fe9abc05752

NHM_381 NHMUK 20170049, collected 2013-10-19, 13.93307 -116.71628, 4182 m. http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8f077dac-baac-4fef-b6a1-7fd02d5f0070

Description.

Ovoid with short rostrum, shell shiny sub-translucent. Sculpture of fine closely spaced commarginal lamellae. Specimen NHM_381 length 2 mm (Fig. 8).

Genetic data.

GenBank NHM_144 16S-MF157458, COI-MF157504; NHM_381 18S-MF157494, COI-MF157521.

Remarks.

This species is morphologically very similar to the new Ledella knudseni , its sister taxon in the molecular phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 12), and DNA might be required to properly identify the species. No genetic matches on GenBank.

Ecology.

Found in polymetallic nodule province.