Fenimorea tartaneata
| Fenimorea tartaneata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fenimorea |
| Species: | F. tartaneata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fenimorea tartaneata Fallon, 2016 | |
Fenimorea tartaneata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1] The species was described by Phillip J. Fallon in 2016 during a taxonomic review of shallow-water tropical western Atlantic Drilliidae.[2]
Taxonomy
Phillip J. Fallon described F. tartaneata as a new species in 2016. The description was published in a Zootaxa monograph that reviewed shallow-water, tropical western Atlantic Drilliidae and described 100 new species based on the examination of more than 3,200 specimens from museum and private collections.[2] Plazi TreatmentBank places the treatment of F. tartaneata on pages 204–205 of Fallon's monograph.[3] MolluscaBase and the World Register of Marine Species treat Fenimorea tartaneata as an accepted name and assign it AphiaID 872032.[1]
Description
Fenimorea tartaneata has a medium-sized shell, with reported specimens reaching about 29 mm in total length.[4] The shell is comparatively broad for the genus, with a relatively broad spire and deep spiral grooves.[4] Its central colour band is patterned rather than solid, a character used to separate it from the related species Fenimorea janetae.[4]
In comparative notes, Fallon treated F. tartaneata as similar in general appearance to Fenimorea chaaci, with both species having a broadly fusiform, squat shell profile and numerous ribs, but differing in shell form, sculpture and colour pattern.[5]
Distribution and habitat
This marine species is known only from Honduras, in the western Caribbean Sea.[4] The type locality is Trujillo Bay, Honduras, at about 15°57′57″N 086°01′44″W / 15.96583°N 86.02889°W, where specimens were reported from a depth of 20 m on soft sand.[4]
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). "Fenimorea tartaneata Fallon, 2016". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 Fallon, Phillip J. Jr. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID 27394363.
- ↑ "Fenimorea tartaneata, sp. nov. Fallon, Phillip J., 2016". Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Fenimorea tartaneata P.J. Fallon, 2016". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ↑ "Fenimorea chaaci Fallon, 2016, new combination". Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
External links
- "Fenimorea tartaneata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.