Boreancistrolepis Mclean & Clark 2023, n. gen. ...
Genus Boreancistrolepis n. gen. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4CD580A0-A245-4042-9E5B-F376E2D92D70 Diagnosis: Profile tall, whorls rounded, with rounded, narrow shoulder; suture deeply impressed; periostracum thin, shiny, closely adherent, lip extending anterior to base of pillar; sculpture faint or abs...
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| Summary: | Genus Boreancistrolepis n. gen. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4CD580A0-A245-4042-9E5B-F376E2D92D70 Diagnosis: Profile tall, whorls rounded, with rounded, narrow shoulder; suture deeply impressed; periostracum thin, shiny, closely adherent, lip extending anterior to base of pillar; sculpture faint or absent; color pattern green, two tone, base lighter; operculum large, filling aperture, outer surface strongly convex, glossy with terminal nucleus. Radula: Rachidian and lateral teeth each with three sharply pointed cusps. Type species: Boreancistrolepis excelsus n. sp. (HD). Remarks: Differs from other Parancistrolepidinae, particularly the rather similar Neancistrolepis Habe & Sato, 1973, by its thick, solid, nearly smooth shell with a tenacious, glossy periostracum and large operculum with, glossy, convex exterior, which completely fills the aperture. One Aleutian species. ... : Published as part of Mclean, James H. & Clark, Roger N., 2023, Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 151-201 in Zootaxa 5351 (2) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391375 ... |
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