A new species of Microcancilla from the southwestern Atlantic and notes on Microcancilla brasiliensis comb. nov. (Gastropoda, Cancellariidae)

Microcancilla phoenix sp. nov., collected from the Southeast and South coast of Brazil represents the southernmost record of the genus in the Atlantic Ocean. The new species differs from the other congeners of the Atlantic mainly by the presence of microscopic pustules covering the whole shell and b...

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Published in:Papéis avulsos de zoologia (São Paulo) 2021-05, Vol.61, p.e20216129
Main Authors: Souza, Leonardo Santos de, Pimenta, Alexandre Dias, Miyaji, Cintia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Admetinae
Microsveltia
Pseudobabylonella
Shell morphology
South Atlantic
Taxonomy
Volutoidea
Zeadmete
ZOOLOGY
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Summary:Microcancilla phoenix sp. nov., collected from the Southeast and South coast of Brazil represents the southernmost record of the genus in the Atlantic Ocean. The new species differs from the other congeners of the Atlantic mainly by the presence of microscopic pustules covering the whole shell and by dimensions of the protoconch. “Axelella brasiliensis” Verhecken, 1991, known from the Northeast to South coast of Brazil, is transferred to Microcancilla based on a similar sculpture of microscopic pustules on the protoconch and on other features of the teleoconch discussed in the present study.
ISSN:0031-1049
1807-0205
1807-0205
DOI:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.29