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species
Lirobittium lomaense (Bartsch, 1911)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Cerithiidae » genus Lirobittium
ID: 1808237
pID: 1143954
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2021-11-21 20:42:37 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-11-21 20:42:37
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[[t:1808237;<em>Lirobittium lomaense</em>]] (Bartsch, 1911)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1808237/"><em>Lirobittium lomaense</em></a>
pID: 1143954
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2021-11-21 20:42:37 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-11-21 20:42:37
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1808237/
Text function: [[t:1808237;<em>Lirobittium lomaense</em>]]
[[t:1808237;<em>Lirobittium lomaense</em>]] (Bartsch, 1911)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1808237/"><em>Lirobittium lomaense</em></a>
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Author: McLean J.H. & Gosliner T.M.
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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 112664
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Created: 2021-11-21 20:49:09 - User Delsing Jan
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Material Examined. Not represented in the Santa Maria Basin voucher collection. Other material examined: 11 LACM lots.
Description. Whorl profile rounded, but slightly indented below suture. Axial ribs strong except below suture, ribs broadly spaced; 4 spiral cords per whorl, subsutural cord weakest. Initial whorl of protoconch round. Shell flesh colored under thin periostracum.
Type Locality and Type Specimens. Off Point Loma, San Diego County, California, 71 -75 fathoms. Lectotype (here designated): USNM 195130.
Distribution. Santa Cruz Island (34°N), to San Diego, California (33°N).
Habitat Soft bottoms, 30-100 m, much less abundant that Lirobittium rugatum.
Remarks. This differs from Lirobittium rugatum in its pink coloration, more broadly spaced axial ribs and lack of incremental spiral cords. This was described initially as a living form of the extinct Neogene species Lirobittium asperum (Gabb, 1861), but does not have the even, more broadly spaced axial ribs and lacks the strongly carinate protoconch of that species. It is here first recognized as a full species.
Description. Whorl profile rounded, but slightly indented below suture. Axial ribs strong except below suture, ribs broadly spaced; 4 spiral cords per whorl, subsutural cord weakest. Initial whorl of protoconch round. Shell flesh colored under thin periostracum.
Type Locality and Type Specimens. Off Point Loma, San Diego County, California, 71 -75 fathoms. Lectotype (here designated): USNM 195130.
Distribution. Santa Cruz Island (34°N), to San Diego, California (33°N).
Habitat Soft bottoms, 30-100 m, much less abundant that Lirobittium rugatum.
Remarks. This differs from Lirobittium rugatum in its pink coloration, more broadly spaced axial ribs and lack of incremental spiral cords. This was described initially as a living form of the extinct Neogene species Lirobittium asperum (Gabb, 1861), but does not have the even, more broadly spaced axial ribs and lacks the strongly carinate protoconch of that species. It is here first recognized as a full species.
McLean J.H. & Gosliner T.M. (1996) Taxonomic atlas of the benthic fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Vol. 9, Pt. 2: The Mollusca: The Gastropoda.
Author: Jan Delsing