Boreancistrolepis Mclean & Clark 2023, n. gen.

• Main Authors: Mclean, James H., Clark, Roger N.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Neogastropoda; Colidae; Boreancistrolepis; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8391544

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