2019•The FestivusOpen access
New Species of Mollusks (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) from the Tropical Western Atlantic, West Africa, and Red Sea
Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer
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Abstract
Eight new species of mollusks are described from the Gulf of Mexico, Virgin Islands, and Brazil in the Tropical Western Atlantic, and also Gambia, West Africa and the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. These new taxa include: the muricid Jaton rikae n. sp. from Gambia; six cone shells including Darioconus bratcherae n. sp. from the Gulf of Aqaba, Jaspidiconus tammymyersae n. sp. from the Virgin Islands, and the Brazilian species Jaspidiconus ramosorum n. sp., Jaspidiconus serafimi n. sp., Jaspidiconus toincabrali n. sp., and Poremskiconus potiguar n. sp.; and the Floridian Ten Thousand Islands endemic venerid bivalve Mercenaria browni n. sp..