Halystina umberlee

Halystina umberlee
	Apertural view of an empty shell of a paratype of H. umberlee
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Seguenziidae
Subfamily:	Seguenziinae
Genus:	Halystina
Species:	H. umberlee
Binomial name
	Halystina umberlee; Salvador, Cavallari & Simone, 2014

Last updated January 10, 2024

Halystina umberlee is a species of very small deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Seguenziidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Halystina umberlee belongs in the genus Halystina , a group of small-sized sea snails with a rounded shell profile, flat-sided whorls and finely granulate protoconch.^[2] It is considered to resemble species in the genus Halystes , differing only by its much smaller size.^[1] It was named after Umberlee, a fictional goddess from the Faerûnian pantheon of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.^[1]

Description

Halystina umberlee is a very small species, barely reaching a shell height of 2 mm. It has a rounded, conic to turbinate shell, with relatively thick walls and up to 5 whorls.^[1] Its bulbous protoconch consists of a single whorl with a pitted surface, and the protoconch-teleoconch transition is marked by a thin line. The teleoconch has 4 convex whorls, sculptured by delicate spiral cordlets crossed by axial threads, forming a delicate net-like pattern. The axial threads form an overall continuous sigmoid pattern along the shell's longitudinal axis, and the spiral sculpture becomes gradually weaker toward the basal region of last whorl. The basal part of the shell is sculptured by 10-12 spiral cords, but the umbilical region is smooth, with a well-marked margin.^[1] The aperture is quadrangular, and bears three deep sinuses. The shell is colored glossy white, with a nacreous shade.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off southeastern Brazil, from Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro, at 950–1550 m depths.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C.; Simone, L. R. L. (30 October 2014). "Seguenziidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from SE Brazil collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition". Zootaxa. 3878 (6): 536. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.2. PMID 25544464.
↑ Marshall, B.A. (1991). "Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle A. 150: 41–109.

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[SCSZootx3878-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C.; Simone, L. R. L. (30 October 2014). "Seguenziidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from SE Brazil collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition". Zootaxa. 3878 (6): 536. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.2. PMID 25544464.

[Marshall1991-2] Marshall, B.A. (1991). "Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle A. 150: 41–109.

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