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Host identification for the deep-sea snail genus Haliella with description of a new species (Caenogastropoda, Eulimidae).


ABSTRACT: A new parasitic species of eulimid gastropod, Haliella seisuimaruae sp. nov., is described from bathyal (728-978 m) waters off the Pacific coasts of Japan. It shows the closest resemblance to the type species H. stenostoma from the North Atlantic and Barents Sea in having a tall shell with an almost straight outer lip, but differs in having a junction of the parietal wall and columellar lip at 38% of the aperture height from the suture (33% in H. stenostoma), a slightly wider aperture and a more curved and extended columellar lip. The holotype of H. seisuimaruae sp. nov. was found attached to an irregular sea urchin, Brissopsis sp. cf. luzonica (Spatangoida: Brissidae). This represents the first direct observation of parasitic ecology and echinoderm host for the genus Haliella. A new replacement name, Eulima tsushimensis nom. nov., is proposed here for Eulima stenostoma A. Adams, 1861, which is preoccupied by Eulima stenostoma Jeffreys, 1858 (type of Haliella).

SUBMITTER: Takano T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010834 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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