The genus Eumetula (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) in north European waters, with the description of a new species from the upper continental slope off Norway

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Author: Høisæter, Tore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315410000962; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315410000962

Eumetula vitrea , a new species of Cerithiopsidae, is described from the upper continental slope outside western Norway. The taxonomic status of the Eumetula species complex is discussed. While Eumetula arctica is a shelf species rarely found in sub-zero waters, E. vitrea is one of a group of species supposedly found only in negative temperature or water fluctuating between negative and positive temperatures (below ~570 m) in the bathyal around the Norwegian Sea.