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Issue: Vol. 5351 No. 2: 26 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
Page range: 151-201
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Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; 900 Exposition Boulevard; Los Angeles; California 90007 USA
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; 900 Exposition Boulevard; Los Angeles; California 90007 USA; Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; 2559 Puesta del Sol Road; Santa Barbara; California 93105 USA
Mollusca Buccinidae Alaska Aleutian Islands New taxa Boreancistrolepis Aleutijapelion Exiloberingius Crebrivolutopsius Aleutibuccinum Castaneobuccinum

Abstract

Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of gastropods in the in the family Buccinidae, are described from the Aleutian Islands. The new taxa represent five subfamilies: Parancistrolepidinae Habe, 1972: Boreancistrolepis excelsus n. gen. & n. sp. Beringiinae Golikov & Starabogatov, 1975: Aleutijapelion mirandus n. gen. & n. sp.; Beringius nearensis n. sp., B. amliensis n. sp., B. bisulcatus n. sp., B. kiskensis n. sp., B. stanchfieldi n. sp., B. frausseni n. sp., B. aurulentus n. sp., B. maristempestus n. sp., B. undataformis n. sp.; Exiloberingius exiguus n. gen. & n. sp. Neptuneinae Stimpson, 1865: Aulacofusus canaliculatus n. sp., A. tanagaensis n. sp.; Neptunea aleutica n. sp., N. baxteri n. sp., N. dominator n. sp., N. petrelensis n. sp., N. quhmax n. sp., N. vesteraalen n. sp.; N. harrisoni n. sp., N. jewetti n. sp., Laevisipho galaxaios n. gen & n. sp., L. kessleri n. sp.; Volutopsiinae: Volutopsius nanus n. sp., Volutopsius gracilis n. sp.; Crebrivolutopsius labidentatus n. gen. & n. sp. Buccininae Rafinesque, 1815: Aleutibuccinum n. gen.; Castaneobuccinum orri n. gen. & n. sp., C. lauthi, n. sp., C. clinopsis n. sp., C. pagodaformis n. sp.; Sulcosinus carinatus n. sp.; Buccinum lanatum n. sp.; and Buccinum katharinae n. gen. & n. sp. The new genera and species are distinguished by the morphological characters of the shells and radulae.

 

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