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Famelica tajourensis A.V. Sysoev & Y.I. Kantor, 1987

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Raphitomidae »  genus Famelica

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Famelica tajourensis

Author: Sysoev, A.

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Interchangeable taxa

The John Murray Expedition shell agrees well with the type material and differs mainly in having thin and transparent shell walls compared with rather thick and solid in the type specimens. The species is rather different from the type species of the genus Famelica, but very similar to F. monotropis (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896), which was included into Famelica by the authors of the genus (Bouchet & Waren. 1980). On the other hand, the genus seems to be rather heterogeneous in respect to species originally included into it. Nevertheless, I do not know any other genus which can accomodate F. tajourensis. A similar genus is Pagodidaphne Shuto. 1983, but it differs in having a less distinct keel on the whorl shoulder and much less elongate body whorl with a short canal.
DISTRIBUTION. Gulf of Aden. 528-1406 m.
Sysoev, A., 1996. Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933–34

Distribution

Gulf of Aden.
Sysoev, A., 1996. Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933–34
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Famelica monotropis Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Famelica tajourensis Sysoev & Kantor, 1987]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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