Thermosipho auzendei, (WAREN & BOUCHET, 2001)

Chen, Chong, Xu, Ting, Fraussen, Koen & Qiu, Jian-Wen, 2021, Integrative taxonomy of enigmatic deep-sea true whelks in the sister-genera Enigmaticolus and Thermosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (1), pp. 230-230 : 230-

THERMOSIPHO AUZENDEI ( WARÉN & BOUCHET, 2001)

( FIG. 5D )

Eosipho auzendei Warén & Bouchet, 2001: 191 , figs 38j, k, 39a, 49a.

Thermosipho auzendei – Kantor et al., 2013: 2180, fig. 1(2), fig. 2(2), fig. 4(2).

Thermosipho auzendei – Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016: 449, fig. 145.

Diagnosis: See under Thermosipho , as it is a monotypic genus.

Type material: Holotype MNHN IM-2000–7049 ( Fig. 5D ), one paratype MNHN IM-2000–7047 .

Type locality: Rehu site (17°25’S, 113°12’W, 2578 m), East Pacific Rise at 17°S, vent .

Material examined: Type material as listed above.

Distribution: See under Thermosipho .

Remarks: See under Enigmaticolus . Thermosipho auzendei is geographically distant from all species of Enigmaticolus , which are only known from the Indo- West Pacific.

Figures

Figure 5. A–C, Enigmaticolus nipponensis comb.nov.A,‘F site’ methane seep, South China Sea (22°06.945’N, 119°17.128’E), 1128 m deep, shell length 94.9 mm (HKBU Mol-2020010001). B, ‘F site’ methane seep, South China Sea (22°06.945’N, 119°17.128’E), 1128 m deep, shell length 87.5 mm (HKBU Mol-2020010002). C, ‘F site’ methane seep, South China Sea (22°6.912’N, 119°17.104’E), 1127 m deep, shell length 91.4 mm (HKBU Mol-2020010003). D, Thermosipho auzendei, holotype (MNHN IM-2000–7049), Rehu site, East Pacific Rise at 17°S (17°24.85’S, 113°12.15’W), 2578 m deep, shell length 62.0 mm (photo courtesy of Philippe Maestrati). Scale bars = 2 cm.