galaxaios Habe & Sato 1973 ...

• Main Authors: Mclean, James H., Clark, Roger N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Neogastropoda; Buccinidae; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8399633; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8399633

Subfamily Volutopsiinae Habe & Sato, 1973 Diagnosis: Shell small to large (4–16 cm), periostracum thin or lacking; aperture large. Protoconch usually large, bulbous; aperture 1/2 to 3/4 of shell height; sculpture of spiral cords or lirae, axial sculpture usually absent, if present of, folds or wrinkles, varices rare. Radula: Rachidian tooth with 2–7 cusps, lateral teeth with 2, rarely 3 cusps. Operculum much smaller than aperture. Egg cases dome-like or semi-spherical, with typically two to four juveniles. Remarks: In the Aleutian Islands, 13 species in four genera are recognized, including three new species and one new genus. ... : 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 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391375 ...