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Curtitoma delicata (Okutani, 1964)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mangeliidae »  genus Curtitoma

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Curtitoma delicata

Author: Hasegawa, K.

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Description

Type locality R/V Soyo-maru, St. T28, 35°03.6'N, 139°22.4'E, Sagami Bay, 1320-1400 m. Distribution. Sagami Bay and northwards to off Kesennuma in Iwate Prefecture (present study); 1320-1520 m [480 m].
Material examined. WA06-DE480 (1).
Remarks. This taxon had been known only from Sagami Bay, and was considered to be endemic to that area (Okutani, 1968), until Kantor and Sysoev (2006) recorded it from off Iturup in the Kurile Islands. However, their specimen differs considerably from the figure of the holotype in being stouter in shape with more distinct axial ribs that are apparently opisthocline. On the other hand, the present material agrees well with the holotype in having an elongate shell with a narrow siphonal canal and indistinct axial sculpture, although more material may be necessary to confirm the identification.
Hasegawa, K. 2009. Upper Bathyal Gastropods of the Pacific Coast of Northern Honshu, Japan, Chiefl y Collected by R/V Wakataka-maru
Author: Jan Delsing

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