Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Waren 1986

• Main Authors: Gofas, Serge, Luque, Ángel A., Oliver, Joan Daniel, Templado, José, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Littorinimorpha; Eulimidae; Melanella; Melanella myriotrochi; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5798520; https://zenodo.org/record/5798520

Melanella cf. myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Fig. 19F–G Melanella? myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986: 383, figs 906–907. Material examined GALICIA BANK • 1 spm; 43°00.12′ N, 11°57.67′ W; 1706 m; 29 Jul. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V2; MNCN • 1 spm; 42°41.87′ N, 11°26.71′ W; 1720 m; 8 Aug. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V10; MNCN. Remarks This species was described on a single specimen, probably immature judging from the very thin, brittle aperture. The specimen illustrated here is larger and definitely adult, but has, like the holotype, a small mucronate protoconch, teleoconch whorls unusually convex for a eulimid, and a projecting profile of the outer lip, making this the closest match we could find among the species described from the area. This identification remains tentative, especially taking into account that the host holothurian species was not found in our material. : Published as part of Gofas, Serge, Luque, Ángel A., Oliver, Joan Daniel, Templado, José & Serrano, Alberto, 2021, The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean), pp. 1-114 in European Journal of Taxonomy 785 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.785.1605, http://zenodo.org/record/5798418 : {"references": ["Bouchet P. & Waren A. 1986. Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclidiidae, Eulimidae, Epitoniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Supplemento 2: 297 - 576. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 140762"]}