Caballer Manuel, Ortea Jesus, Narciso Samuel
Department of Oceanology and Coastal Sciences, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Carretera Panamericana km 11, Altos de Pipe, Miranda, Venezuela.
Zookeys. 2011(115):1-18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.115.1163. Epub 2011 Jul 5.
Two new species of the genus Rissoella Gray, 1847 are described from Venezuela, one from the National Park Morrocoy, Rissoella morrocoyensissp. n. and the other from the Wildlife Refuge Isla de Aves, Rissoella venezolanicolasp. n.Rissoella morrocoyensissp. n. has a deep umbilicus (partly closed), preumbilical cord, black head, hypobranchial gland marked by a pale yellow boomerang-shaped ribbon and it lives on the leaves of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum Banks & König, 1805. Rissoella venezolanicolasp. n. has an angled preumbilical cord which extends to the columella delimiting a trapezoid, a hypobranchial gland marked by a yellow quaver-shaped ribbon and protoconch with fuchsia highlights. It lives on the brown alga Dictyota spp. The records of Rissoella in the Caribbean are revised and illustrations, a comparative table and a key to the Caribbean species known for the genus are provided.
1847年描述的Rissoella Gray属的两个新物种来自委内瑞拉,一个来自莫罗科伊国家公园,即莫罗科伊Rissoella morrocoyensis新种,另一个来自阿韦斯岛野生动物保护区,即委内瑞拉Rissoella venezolanicola新种。莫罗科伊Rissoella morrocoyensis新种有一个深脐(部分封闭)、脐前索、黑色头部、鳃下腺由一条浅黄色回旋镖状带标记,它生活在1805年的海草泰来藻的叶子上。委内瑞拉Rissoella venezolanicola新种有一条成角的脐前索,延伸到界定一个梯形的小柱,鳃下腺由一条黄色八分音符状带标记,原壳有紫红色亮点。它生活在棕色藻类网地藻属物种上。对加勒比地区Rissoella的记录进行了修订,并提供了插图、比较表和该属已知加勒比物种的检索表。