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Naricava discreta Rolán & Rubio, 2002

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Vanikoridae »  genus Naricava

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Naricava discreta

Author: Rolan & Rubio

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Description

Shell ovoid, solid, whitish, slightly depressed with a low spire, with an uniformly rounded periphery. Protoconch about 2,25 whorls, smooth, about 378 µm diameter. Teleoconch of about 1-1,5 whorls, increasing rapidly in the last quarter, dorsally smooth but with evident prosocline growth lines and some scarcely evident striae; ventrally smooth with fine folds into the umbilicus, which is relatively wide and deep. Aperture ovoid with a curved columella which has a short contact with the previous whorl, the dorsal part of the outer lip extended. Dimensions: The holotype is 1.5 mm maximum dimension (diameter). Periostracum fine, yellowish. Operculum ovoid, paucispiral and with the nucleus subcentral, very similar to that of Ponderinella skeneoides. Radula taenioglossate, with formula 2+1+R+1+2. Central tooth wide basally, the ventral margin well developed, U-shaped, two large denricles and the lateral margins strongly expanded. The cutting area is formed by a main large and sharp cusp and 3 denticles of medium size at each side, with the extremes towards the center. Lateral teeth similar to the central one, but the base is narrower and without denticles. Marginal teeth narrow and elongate; the innermost with 16-18 sharp denticles on the upper outer margin; the outer marginal teeth are hook-like strongly inclined outward in their upper third and without apparent denticulation.
Rolan, E & Rubio, F., 2002. The family Tornidae in the East Atlantic.

Interchangeable taxa

We assigned the species to Naricava tentatively, because we have no information on its soft parts and in spite of the general morphology of the shell, it is not totally similar to other species included in the genus. Our decision is based on the following characters: the shell is depressed, the protoconch has smooth whorls, the growth lines are prosocline, the aperture has an oblique shape and the contact with the previous whorls is very small. Furthermore, its radula is similar to that described for those species in the genera Tornus, Discopsis and Ponderinella, all of those having a characteristic radular pattern.
The other species included in the genus Naricava do not have similar characters, being larger, more depressed and with a wider umbilicus.
Rolan, E & Rubio, F., 2002. The family Tornidae in the East Atlantic.

Distribution

Distribution; The species is known only from Ghana to Angola. Type locality: Along Mussulo, prov. Luanda, Angola, 90-100 m.
Rolan, E & Rubio, F., 2002. The family Tornidae in the East Atlantic.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Naricava discreta Rolán & Rubio, 2002]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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