The South American radiation of jerrybuccinum (Gastropoda, Buccinidae), with a new deep-water species from Chile

Abstract

A new deep water species from of the Chilean coast, Jerrybuccinum kantori sp. n., is described. Te animal is equipped with a large statocyst. Kryptos explorator Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008 from of Concepción is found to be congeneric and transferred to the genus Jerrybuccinum. Diferences in size and sculpture serve to distinguish the new species from J. explorator. Both Chilean species are associated with methane seep or low oxygen environments. Tey are compared with J. malvinense Kantor & Pastorino, 2009 and two still unnamed species from the Falkland Plateau. © Koen Fraussen et al.