Pseudokellya franki Zelaya & Ituarte, 2009

Zettler, Michael L. & Bick, Andreas, 2025, Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records, Zootaxa 5631 (3), pp. 401-450 : 420

21. Pseudokellya franki Zelaya & Ituarte, 2009 [ Figs 10D–F ]

Pseudokellya franki Zelaya & Ituarte, 2009: 2 , figs 2–15

Material examined. • 1 spm, Stn. 2; • 8 spms, Stn. 3; • 2 spms, Stn. 10.

Type locality. Maxwell Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands in 50 to 100 m.

Bathymetric distribution. 50–100 m.

Substrate. Soft bottom.

Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA: -. SUBANTARCTICA: -. SCOTIA ARC: South Shetland Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: -.

Remarks. We found this species in depths between 60 and 100 m. The absence of any radial sculpture on the outer shell surface separates this species from all other Antarctic Pseudokellya species.

References. Zelaya & Ituarte (2009), Engl (2012).

Figures

FIGURE 10. A–C: Mysella antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907); D–F: Pseudokellya franki Zelaya & Ituarte, 2009; G–H: Thyasira debilis (Thiele, 1912); I–J: Thyasira scotiana Zelaya, 2009. Unless otherwise indicated, the scale is always 1 mm.