Beringius nearensis Mclean & Clark 2023, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Mclean, James H., Clark, Roger N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Neogastropoda; Buccinidae; Beringius; Beringius nearensis; Agattu; Attu; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8399588; https://zenodo.org/record/8399588

Beringius nearensis n. sp. Figures 7 A–D urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1AD87361-3122-4D3B-9452-7DC578B193E6 Type locality: Stalemate Bank, W of Attu Island, Near Ids., Aleutian Is., Alaska (54°54.50 N, 170°49.26 E), 219 m (NMFS 23-199701 - 211). Type material. Holotype LACM 3571, 103.4 mm. ( leg. RNC, 3 August, 1997, trawled, R/V Dominator ) Paratypes: Pt 1, USNM 1606662, 127.19 mm. E of Agattu Island, Near Ids. (52°28.04 N, 174°13.71 E), 118 m (NMFS 94-200201 - 161); Pt 2, SBMNH 169001, 119.7 mm. S of Shemya Island, Semichi Ids. (52°35.22 N, 174°17.79 E), 96 m (NMFS 148-201001 - 183); Pt 3, CASIZ 236197, 87.2 mm. E of Agattu Island, Near Ids. (52°10.89 N, 173°40.63 E), 163 m (NMFS 148-201001 - 188); Pt 4, RNC 4882, E of Agattu Island, Near Ids. (52°30.25 N, 174°13.41 W), 111 m (NMFS 147-200401 - 201). Description: Shell of moderate size (to 127 mm, USNM 1606662), pyriform, white or pale pinkish, periostracum thin, brown, adherent; suture deeply impressed. Protoconch with 2.5 whorls; teleconch of 4–4.5 whorls. ... : 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 161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391375 ...