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Simulamerelina australes Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023

HOLOTYPE

Specimen

MNHN-IM-2000-38722
2.47

Taxonomy

Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Rissoidae
Simulamerelina australes Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2023

Origin

Rapa
Grotte au SE de la pointe Tematapu
Pacifique
Polynésie Française
2002-11-19
2 -8
27° 34' 48'' S ; 144° 18' 59.9976'' O
Australes: Rapa, SE of Pointe Tematapu, Atelier RAPA Stn 34; 27°34’47”S, 144°19’1”W; 2-8 m.

Determination

HOLOTYPE
, . - Shallow-water Rissoidae of the genera Alvania Risso, 1826, Haurakia Iredale, 1915, Parashiela Laseron, 1956, Simulamerelina Ponder, 1985 and Subestea Cotton, 1944 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia, with the description of a new deep-water genus. Zoosystema 45(25): 803-892
 
Citation: p. 854-860 fig. 34-37; 52A; 53O (d.o.)