Atlanta turriculata d'Orbigny , 1836

Wall-Palmer, Deborah, Hegmann, Mona, Goetze, Erica & Peijnenburg, Katja T. C. A., 2019, Resolving species boundaries in the Atlanta brunnea species group (Gastropoda, Pterotracheoidea), ZooKeys 899, pp. 59-84 : 59

Atlanta turriculata d'Orbigny, 1836 Figure 9

Original type locality.

The great Austral Ocean between 30 and 34S.

Holotype. We have been unable to locate any type material for A. turriculata (thought to have been deposited in NHMUK or MNHN).

Neotype. RMNH.MOL.342213. SN105_08, Indian Ocean 4.38N, 67.00E. Specimen collected during the SN105 expedition of the ORV Sagar Nidhi, on the 10th December 2015 at 04:40 from 67 m water depth. Housed at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden.

Two additional specimens have been deposited at the Natural History Museum, London. NHMUK20191155 and NHMUK20191156, from station KOK1703_06, Pacific Ocean 23.52N, 156.77W. Specimens collected during the KOK1703 expedition of the RV “Ka’Imikai-O-Kanaloa” on the 3rd September 2017 at 03:59 from 0-250 m water depth.

The holotype of Atlanta vanderspoeli is the property of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. The neotype of Atlanta turriculata is the property of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Both institutes maintain a research collection with proper facilities for preserving name-bearing types and these types are made accessible for study.

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Figure 9. Atlanta turriculata neotype RMNH. MOL. 342213, housed at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center.