Hoffman Gofas (4 results)

Forty-six "skeneimorph" species from the South Azorean Seamount Chain (SASC) have been studied. These comprise taxa in the superfamilies Trochoidea (family Skeneidae) and Seguenzoidea (families Trochaclididae, Pendromidae, Eudaroniidae and several genera which are not assigned to a family). Seventeen new species are proposed, fifteen in Seguenzoidea and two in Trochoidea. Three species are transferred to different genera: Xyloskenea xenos Hoffmann, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010 is assigned to Trenchia, Trochus (Margarita) minima Seguenza, 1876 and Lissotesta scalaroides Rubio & Rolán, 2013 to Mikro. Twelve species (26%) are only known from the SASC and are probably endemic to this region. Twenty-one species are known from the SASC and/or the Azores seamounts and this set is probably endemic to this larger area. Five amphiatlantic species were found. New taxa: Trochaclis fortis n. sp., Trochaclis carinata n. sp., Trochaclis platoensis n. sp., Adeuomphalus axistriatus n. sp., Adeuomphalus curvistriatus n. sp., Eudaronia spirata n. sp., Eudaronia mikra n. sp., Anekes anderswareni n. sp., Anekes mikrosculpta n. sp., Anekes umbilisculpta n. sp., Anekes varisculpta n. sp., Moelleriopsis atlantis n. sp., Moelleriopsis gritta n. sp., Moelleriopsis meteorminora n. sp., Trenchia teriuga n. sp., Mikro perforata n. sp., Skenea basicarinata n. sp. 82 pp., 63 figs, 2 tabs, br. gr. 8.