The South American radiation of Jerrybuccinum (Gastropoda, Buccinidae), with a new deep-water species from Chile

By

Fraussen, Koen, 1965-
Sellanes, Javier
Stahlschmidt, Peter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

409

Pages

61-70

Subjects

East Pacific , low oxygen environments , methane seep , new taxa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.409.7194

 

Abstract

A new deep water species from off the Chilean coast, Jerrybuccinum kantori sp. n., is described. The animal is equipped with a large statocyst. Kryptos explorator Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008 from off Concepción is found to be congeneric and transferred to the genus Jerrybuccinum. Differences in size and sculpture serve to distinguish the new species from J. explorator. Both Chilean species are associated with methane seep or low oxygen environments. They are compared with J. malvinense Kantor & Pastorino, 2009 and two still unnamed species from the Falkland Plateau.