Baleenopelta rotunda, a newly discovered limpet from decaying baleen from New Zealand

ABSTRACT

A new genus and species of the Osteopeltidae that is restricted to decaying baleen is described from 377 to 1042 m depth off mainland New Zealand, the Chatham Islands and the Auckland Islands.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4CD02E01-9B34-405B-B6CC-D4306C81A690

KEYWORDS:

• Mollusca
• Gastropoda
• Lepetelloidea
• Osteopeltidae
• new taxa

Acknowledgements

We thank Sadie Mills (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington) and fisheries observers Luc Ettema, Richard Fraser and Gustavo Vieira (Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand) for providing the specimens, Sadie for generation of the map, and Jean-Claude Stahl and Carl Struthers (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) respectively for the images of the shell of the holotype and expert assistance with plate assembly. Special thanks to Anders Warén (Stockholm) for helpful comments on the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

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