Amaea lennyi
Garcia, 2003
Description:
Dimensions range from 30.4 mm - 30.5 mm high.
Width to height ratio: 00:1 ~ 00:1
Shell: acuminate; thin, but solid; moderately small. Exterior colour off-white. About 10 whorls, early whorls with a keel that reduces on later whorls; protoconch missing in holotype. Suture narrow, forming a deep channel. Imperforate: umbilicus closed. Approximately 90 costae on the body whorl. Costae are low, erect, scalloped. Costae slightly peaked at the suture. Intercostal spaces spiral structure with a central dominant cord which becomes weaker on later whorls. Base with a spiral cord framing the basal disc, costae crossing the base to the umbilical area. Aperture ovate; outer lip simple, moderately thickened. Operculum unknown.
Distribution:
Known only from the type material: Off Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
Habitat:
214-215 m
Etymology:
Named for Mr. Leonard (Lenny) Brown, co-author of The Wentletrap Book, for his efforts in putting together that publication, and for his love of Epitoniidae [Garcia, 2003]
Type Material:
Holotype: MNHN length 30.4 mm, width 9.5 mm. for Amaea lennyi Garcia, 2003 - Type Locality: Off Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, 08°00'S, 132 58'E, 214-215 m [KARUBAR, sta.
CP63]. [Garcia, E.F., 2003]
Holotype: MNHN 4295 for Amaea lennyi Garcia, 2003 - Type Locality: KARUBAR station CP63 off Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, 08o 00'S, 132o 58'E, 214-215 m.. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]
Garcia, E.F. (2003). pp: 8. Fig. 7-8.
Amaea lennyi n. sp.
Off Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, 08''00'S, 132°58'E, 214-215 m [KARUBAR sta. CP63].
Holotype (MNHN) length 30.4 mm, width 9.5 mm.
Distribution
as listed in source literature
Garcia, E.F. (2003).