Six new Volutomitridae species from the Arabian seas and transfer of two Costellariidae species to Volutomitridae (Gastropoda: Volutomitridae)
Salisbury, R.A.; Gori, S. (2019). Six new Volutomitridae species from the Arabian seas and transfer of two Costellariidae species to Volutomitridae (Gastropoda: Volutomitridae), in: Herrmann, M. (Ed.) News on Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea). Acta Conchyliorum, 18: pp. 103-124
In: Herrmann, M. (Ed.) (2019). News on Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea). Acta Conchyliorum, 18. ConchBooks: Harxheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-99-2. 124 pp., more
In: Acta Conchyliorum. Club Conchylia: Ludwigsburg. ISSN 0721-1635, more
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Keywords |
Arabian Sea Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species Mitra blanfordi Melvill & Standen, 1901 [WoRMS]; Volutomitra andreiae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019 [WoRMS]; Volutomitra carlosbranai R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019 [WoRMS]; Volutomitra filippoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019 [WoRMS]; Volutomitra francescae R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019 [WoRMS]; Volutomitra rosadoi R. Salisbury & Gori, 2019 [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal |
Abstract |
We describe Volutomitra carlosbranai n. sp., V. francescae n. sp., V. andreiae n. sp., V. rosadoi n. sp., V. filippoi n. sp. and Conomitra boyeri n. sp. We transfer Mitra (Pusia) blanfordi MELVILL & STANDEN, 1901 and Mitra (Pusia) geoffreyana MELVILL, 1910 from Costellariidae to Volutomitridae based on conchological characteristics. |
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