Popis
Autor: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 118141
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Založeno: 01.09.2022 14:51:03 - Uživatel Delsing Jan
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The species described below belong to a group of small to medium-sized SW Pacific crassispirines characterized by a claviform shell sculptured with axial folds, but otherwise smooth and glossy (rarely with obsolete spiral sculpture); the anal sinus is weakly expressed or nearly lacking. This group actually consists of at least 2-3 genera, though only one of them - Horaiclavus (with the subgenus Anguloclavus Shuto, 1983) - is presently formally known. The species considered differ from typical Horaiclavus in having a less stout shell with a proportionally lower spire and larger aperture and a somewhat longer siphonal canal. However, it seems preferable to refrain from describing a new genus here. Both considered species lack a radula, whereas at least seven other species (still undescribed) do possess it, so choosing a non-typical representative as a type species may cause taxonomic confusion in future.
Fedosov, A. & Kantor, Y. (2008). Toxoglossan gastropods of the subfamily Crassispirinae (Turridae) lacking a radula, and a discussion of the status of the subfamily Zemaciinae.