Boreancistrolepis Mclean & Clark 2023
- Dataset
- Seven new genera and thirty-four new species of buccinoid gastropods (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- 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. Zootaxa 5351 (2): 151-201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.2.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Colidae
- genus
- Boreancistrolepis
diagnosis
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.
discussion
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.
type_taxon
Type species: Boreancistrolepis excelsus n. sp. (HD).