Amaea apexroseus
E. Garcia, 2003
Description:
Dimensions range from 14.9 mm - 15.3 mm high and 4.7 mm wide.
Width to height ratio: 0.32:1 ~ 0.31:1
Shell: narrowly acuminate; fragile; small. Exterior colour white; first six teleoconch whorls reddish, fading to pale pink on the sixth.. About 12.25 whorls, convex; protoconch with ~3.25 whorls opaque, conical, yellow, with a brownish-red band below the suture; teleoconch with ~9 whorls. Umbilicate: covered by expansion of the columellar area. Approximately 41 costae on the body whorl. Costae are erect and frilly creating a fenestrate pattern when crossing the suture. Intercostal spaces with strong, well-defined cords creating a fenestrate pattern when crossed by the axial lamellae; pattern continues to the umbilical area. Interstices with approximately 8 - 11 spiral striae per whorl. Base round, without basal disk. Aperture oval.
Distribution:
New Caledonia; Philippines, East China Sea [Brown (2009: 21, fig. 2-3)
Habitat:
70 m
Etymology:
[latin] from apex = tip and rosesus = rose coloured, in reference colour of the shell's apex
Type Material:
Holotype MNHN for Amaea apexroseus E. Garcia, 2003 - Locality: New Caledonia, Noumea area, 22° 22'S, 166°15'E, 70 m [LAGON sta. 265]. [Garcia, E.F., 2003]
Holotype: MNHN 4166 for Amaea apexroseus E. Garcia, 2003 - Locality: LAGON station 265, Noumea area, New Caledonia, 22o 22'S, 166o 15'E, 70 m. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]
arsint.com (2023).
New Caledonia
15.3 mm
Distribution
as listed in source literature
Garcia, E.F. (2003).
pp: 5. Fig. 4-6.
4-6; Amaea apexroseus n. sp.
New Caledonia,
Nouméa area, 22°22'S, 166°15'E, 70 m [LAGON sta. 265].
Holotype (NMNH)
length 14.9 mm, width 4.7 mm.
pp: 2.
pp: 3.
Brown, L. (2009).
pp: 23. Fig. 2-3.
pp: 21.
arsint.com (2023).