A new species of Haplocochlias (Gastropoda, Skeneidae) from the Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.017Keywords:
Museum Collections, Oceanic Islands, Trochoidea, Vetigastropoda, Western AtlanticAbstract
A new species of Haplocochlias Carpenter, 1864 (Gastropoda: Skeneidae), Haplocochlias pitico sp. nov., is described from the Abrolhos Archipelago, off the coast of Bahia State, Brazil. The species is characterized by its minute, turbiniform shell (1.3-1.4 mm in diameter), markedly rounded whorls, very short spire, smooth protoconch, and body whorl bearing 17 smooth spiral cords separated by interspaces with sinuous prosocline axial striae. The aperture is prosocline and rounded, with a thick, smooth peristome and a narrow but deep umbilicus encircled by two prominent cords. Haplocochlias pitico sp. nov. differs from all its congeners by the distinctive undulations on the upper part of the last whorl, particularly near the aperture. Comparisons with morphologically similar Atlantic species are provided. The present discovery, based on material collected more than four decades ago, demonstrates both the persistence of significant taxonomic gaps in reef-associated gastropod faunas and the enduring scientific value of museum collections for refining biogeographic patterns in the Southwestern Atlantic.
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