Taxonomical study on the Vetigastropoda (Mollusca) from Canopus Bank, NE Brazil, with further remarks on their distribution along the Western Atlantic

A taxonomic revision of 29 species distributed in 12 vetigastropod families collected in a 60-260 m depth range at Canopus Bank, a seamount off NE Brazil, is performed based on detailed shell morphology. Their distribution and bathymetric ranges are re-examined based on specimens from Canopus an...

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Main Author: Daniel Caracanhas Cavallari
Other Authors: Luiz Ricardo Lopes de Simone
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/38/38131/tde-20062017-112432/