Proneptunea rufa P. G. Oliver & Picken, 1984

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 : 436

46. Proneptunea rufa P. G. Oliver & Picken, 1984 [ Figs 16H–I ]

Proneptunea rufa P. G. Oliver & Picken, 1984: 104 , figs 18a, b, 20a, b, 21c

Material examined. • 1 spm, Stn. 2; • 1 spm, Stn. 15.

Type locality. Borge Bay of Signy Island (Southern Orkney Islands), 5–13 m depth.

Bathymetric distribution. 5–90 m.

Substrate. Hard and soft bottoms.

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

Remarks. We found this species in depths of 70 to 90 metres. It was already known from the study area from previous Soviet Antarctic expedition in depth of 15 m.

References. Engl (2012).

Figures

FIGURE 16. A–D: Subonoba turqueti (E. Lamy, 1906); E–F: Rissoidae indet.; G: Powellisetia deserta (E. A. Smith, 1907); H–I: Proneptunea rufa P. G. Oliver & Picken, 1984; J: Prosipho glacialis Thiele, 1912; K: Prosipho crassicostatus (Melvill & Standen, 1907); L–O: Prosipho spiralis Thiele, 1912. Unless otherwise indicated, the scale is always 1 mm.