Gastropoda Stromboidea | Species / Sulcogladius Powisii

Stromboidea

Rostellariidae
- Sulcogladius
  - Sulcogladius powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)

Original Description of Rostellaria powisii by Petit de la Saussaye, 1840:

"Testa fusiformi-turrita, elongata, crssa, albida, rufo-maculata, transversim sulcato-costulata, striis tenuissimis longitudinalibus sulcis vix decussantibus, suturis late canaliculatis; anfractibus convexiusculis; apertura intus albido-rosea; labro crassissmo, rugoso, margine 5-dentato, extus marginato rufo, sub dente prima canali brevi donato; columella reflexa, crassiuscula; rostro, brevi, recto."

Locus typicus: "...des côtes de la Chine"

Length of type: 58 mm

Etymology: named after a friend of Petit de la Saussaye, Mr. Powis

Synonymy and History

1842

Rostellaria powisii in Petit de la Saussaye, 1842, pl. 53

Rostellaria povisii in Sowerby, 1842, pl. V, fig. 4, 5

1843

Rostellaria powisii in Kiener, 1843, pl. 2, fig. 2

1851

Rostellaria povisii in Reeve, 1851, Rostellaria, pl. 2, fig. 4 a, b

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1899

Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisii modesta (Martin, 1899); Pliocene; near Sondé, Java, Indonesia; upper part 18 mm, lower part 34 mm; syntype, in Leloux & Wesselingh, 2009; Coll. Naturalis Leiden No. RGM 10280; Copyright Naturalis

1909

Original Description of Rostellaria powisii var abyssicola by Schepman, 1909, p. 154:
- ”Shell small, whitish, thinner than the eype, the upper whorls nearly smooth, with only one conspicuous groove, bordering a narrow spiral cord, just below the suture; this is continuous until the aperture, the upper part of last whorl, below that groove, smooth on the ventral side, angular on the place where in the type runs a third of the lirae, on the back with indistinct spirals, beginning with a row of punctures, more conspicuous behind the apertural margin, base of last whorl with conspicuous spiral cords, separated by punctured grooves; denticles and other particularities of the aperture, as in the type.
Locus typicus: “Stat. 139. 0° 11’ S., 127° 25’ E. Moluca-Passage. 397 M. Mud, stones and coral.”
Measurements: “Length of largest specimen 39 Mill. of smallest 33 Mill., it may have been in both specimen a little more, since the canal seems to be slightly broken.”

Rostellaria powisii var. abyssicola Schepmann, 1909, pl. XI, fig. 5

Rostellaria powisii abyssicola Syntypes, Schepmann, 1909; Siboga-Expedition, Maluku, Indonesia; t: 38 mm, b: 34 mm; Coll. ZMA

Description of the radula of Rostellaria powisii by Schepman, 1909, p. 155:
- "The radula of a small specimen from Stat. 306 agrees in many respects with those of other Strombidae, it is short, with about 35 rows of teeth, its colour is yellowish. The rhachidian tooth ® has a body which is broad in front and suddenly narrower about halfway; its cusp has 11 denticles, of which the central one is the largest; the lateral tooth (1) has a transversely much elongated body and about 9 denticles on its reflected margin. The uncini (U) are long, slender, much curved, with a few small denticles on the sides. It was a male specimen with a long slender penis, ending in a thickened, spear-shaped point."