WoRMS name details
Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980
181012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181012)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Harasewych, M. G. & Petuch, E. J. (1980). <i>Sassia lewisi</i>, a new cymatiid gastropod from the Caribbean Sea. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 94(3): 121-122, figs. 1-3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274627
page(s): 121-122 [details]
page(s): 121-122 [details]
Note north of Contoy, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico...
From editor or global species database
Type locality north of Contoy, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (21º30'N, 86°45'W [printed in error 87º45'], 60-80 m). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic, Barbados and Yucatan, rare in 60-80; Great Meteor, Hyères and Irving seamounts, rare in 310-750 m.
Etymology Named for American malacologist, Harold (Hal) Lewis (1927-1998).
Distribution Western Atlantic, Barbados and Yucatan, rare in 60-80; Great Meteor, Hyères and Irving seamounts, rare in 310-750 m. [details]
Etymology Named for American malacologist, Harold (Hal) Lewis (1927-1998).
Etymology Named for American malacologist, Harold (Hal) Lewis (1927-1998). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181012 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
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Harasewych, M. G. & Petuch, E. J. (1980). <i>Sassia lewisi</i>, a new cymatiid gastropod from the Caribbean Sea. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 94(3): 121-122, figs. 1-3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274627
page(s): 121-122 [details]
page(s): 121-122 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Gofas, S. & Beu, A. (2003). Tonnoidean Gastropods of the North Atlantic seamounts and the Azores. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 17(1-2): 91-108., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45999879 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Finlay, C. J. & Vink, D. L. N. (1982). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda) in the Western Atlantic. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 96(4): 132-134, figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497697
page(s): 134 [details]
additional source Gofas, S. & Beu, A. (2003). Tonnoidean Gastropods of the North Atlantic seamounts and the Azores. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 17(1-2): 91-108., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45999879 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Finlay, C. J. & Vink, D. L. N. (1982). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda) in the Western Atlantic. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 96(4): 132-134, figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497697
page(s): 134 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology Type of larval development: planktotrophic, inferred from multispiral protoconch. [details]Diagnosis Shell solid, up to 40 mm high, with a rather high-conical spire. Protoconch with 2 whorls. Teleoconch with 6-8 rounded whorls. Sculpture of unequal spiral cords, narrower than interspaces and with low and narrow axial ribs forming with the cords a clathrate sculpture; there are 3-5 fine spiral threads between adjacent cords. Varixes moderately thick, repeated every 2/3 of whorl, overrun by the spirals. Aperture rounded; outer lip with 6 strong denticles which form between spiral cords; parietal and columellar edge forming a continuous, thin and broad callus, the parietal edge with a strong denticle, the remainder with indistinct tubercles or folds. Siphonal canal open, moderate in length. Shell colour golden-tan, with dark-brown blotches on and behind varices interrupted by a white spot at the shoulder of each varix, a paler band at the periphery. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic, Barbados and Yucatan, rare in 60-80; Great Meteor, Hyères and Irving seamounts, rare in 310-750 m. [details]
Etymology Named for American malacologist, Harold (Hal) Lewis (1927-1998). [details]
Type locality north of Contoy, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (21º30'N, 86°45'W [printed in error 87º45'], 60-80 m). [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
