Beringius aurulentus 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 aurulentus; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8399602; https://zenodo.org/record/8399602

Beringius aurulentus n. sp. Figure 12 A–D urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 52353F2F-07C7-43FB-9344-14A0E1718D58 Type locality: Tahoma Bank, W of Buldir Island, Aleutian Is., Alaska (52°26.12 N, 175°40.99 E), 147 m. (NMFS 94-200201 - 167). Type material: Holotype, LACM 3577, 117 mm. ( leg. RNC, 9 July, 2002, trawled, R/ V Vesteraalen ); Paratypes: Pt 1, SBMNH 464996, 92.4 mm; Pt 2, USNM 1606661, 105.4 mm. W of Uliaga Island, Islands of Four Mountains (53°07.07 N, 169°52.12 W), 321 m. (NMFS 57-200201 - 38); Pt 3, CASIZ 236198, 99.5 mm. SE of Yunaska Island, Islands of Four Mountains (52°44.8 N, 170°39.3 W), 87 m (NMFS 143-201001 - 78); Pt 4, RNC 4701, 88.6 mm. (type locality). Description: Shell moderately large (to 117 mm, Holotype), slender, nearly fusiform, suture impressed; white to pale tan; periostracum golden-tan. Protoconch with 2.5 whorls, with spiral and oblique cords forming diamond-like lattice; teleconch with 4.5–5 whorls. Axial ribs faint or lacking, but bearing very numerous, fine, close-set, raised ... : 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 pages 168-170, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391375 ...