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Jerrybuccinum explorator (Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Buccinidae - Whelks »  genus Jerrybuccinum

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Jerrybuccinum explorator

Author: Fraussen et al.

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Taxonomy

This species was tentatively placed in the genus Kryptos (Fraussen and Sellanes 2008) based on similarities in sculpture and radula and to prevent the description of a monotypic genus. The radula is identical to the radula of J. malvinense. It is characterised by a monocuspid central tooth with quadrangular base and by tricuspid lateral teeth that have a broad base prolonged with a basal projection. The shape, the axial and spiral sculpture of the shell and the shape of the operculum are similar. We hereby assign this species to Jerrybuccinum.
Fraussen Sellanes Stahlschmidt - 2014 - The South-American radiation of Jerrybuccinum

Distribution

Type locality. South-central Chile, R/V Vidal Gormaz (SeepOx Cruise, AGT 6-7, 09/02/2006), CMSA, northwest of the Bay of Conception, 36°20'97S; 73°44'86W, 850 m.
Fraussen Sellanes Stahlschmidt - 2014 - The South-American radiation of Jerrybuccinum
Author: Jan Delsing

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