WoRMS taxon details
Gofasia galiciae Bouchet & Warén, 1993
AphiaID: 141285
AphiaID: 141285
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily) > Rissoidae (Family) > Rissoinae (Subfamily) > Gofasia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Gofasia Bouchet & Warén, 1993 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840 page(s): 670-672 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: Type of larval development: direct (non planktotrophic) denoted by paucispiral protoconch. [details] Diagnosis: Shell 1.6 to 1.8 mm high, with protoconch of 1.25 convex whorls and teleoconch of about three whorls. Protoconch covered by minute granules arranged irregularly, not appreciable under the optical microscope. Teleoconch with a deeply incised suture and a sculpture of low, indistinct, rounded axial ribs which are sometimes missing, extremely minute spiral lines of pores, and spiral cords developed only on the periumbilical area of the body whorl. Spiral rows of pores visible only at high magnification under the scanning electron microscope. Outer lip with a thin edge and slightly thickened externally, smooth and not thickened inside. Shell colour white. [details] Distribution: Galicia Bank, common in 675-1125 m. Ampère seamount, rare at 800 m. Josephine seamount, rare at 1380 m [details] Type locality: Galicia bank (42°52.4'N, ll°50.6'W, 985-1000 m) [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141285 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Gofasia galiciae Bouchet & Warén, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141285 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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