Range: 24.02°S to 70.14°S; 68.35°E to 24.28°W Depth: 94 to 474 m (live 94 to 311 m) Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Synonymy
Cyclostrema decussatum Pelseneer, 1903 Brookula pfefferi A. W. B. Powell, 1951 Brookula rossiana Dell, 1990 Brookula sinusbreidensis Numanami & Okutani, 1991 Brookula delli Numanami, 1996
Details
Cyclostrema decussatumPelseneer, 1903, p. 19, pl. 5, fig. 48 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Belgian Antarctic Expedtion, sta. 985, 70°S, 80°48'W [Bellinghausen Sea], 500 m Range: 60.83°S to 64.9°S; 68.35°W to 42.92°W Depth: 302 to 412 m Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm Distribution: Subantarctic: South Orkney Islands; Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula, Bellingshausen Sea References: Pelseneer (1903); Dell (1990) DdNSEW; Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta (2001)
Brookula delliNumanami, 1996, p. 55-57, figs. 30A-E [Synonym] Type Locality: JARE-27, Breid Bay, Antarctica Maximum Reported Size: 1.4 mm References: Numanami (1996) M; Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta (2001) s (of B. pfefferi(
Brookula pfefferiA. W. B. Powell, 1951, p. 104, pl. 5, fig. 8 [Synonym] Type Locality: Sta. 144, off mouth of Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, from 54°04'S, 36°27'W to 53°58'S, 36°26'W Range: 24.02°S to 63.0183°S; 61.1517°W to 35.83°W Depth: 94 to 474 m (live 94 to 311 m) Maximum Reported Size: 1.83 mm Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Subantarctic: South Georgia, South Shetland Islands; Antarctica: Weddell Sea References: Powell (1951) {DL}; Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta (2001) DN{W}; Absalao & Pimenta (2005); Zelaya (2005a) dl{S}E; Zelaya, Absalao & Pimenta (2006) SWM; Schwabe & Engl (2008) sLSW Comments: Schwabe & Engl (2008: 199) consider B. pfefferi "merely a junior synonym" of B. decussata, but do not adopt the older name.
Brookula (s.l.) rossianaDell, 1990, p. 102, fig. 169 [Synonym] Type Locality: NZOI sta. A449, Ross Sea, 77°05'S, 177°12'E, 362 m [354 m in station list] Maximum Reported Size: 1.6 mm References: Dell (1990) M; Schwabe & Engl (2008: 201) s (of B. pfefferi)
Brookula sinusbreidensisNumanami & Okutani, 1991b, p. 38-41, figs. 2-6 [Synonym] Type Locality: Shirase sta. 8, Breid Bay, Antarctica, 70°08.5'S, 24°16.8'E, 270 m Range: 70.14°S to 70.14°S; 24.28°E to 24.28°E Depth: 270 m Maximum Reported Size: 1.75 mm References: Numanami & Okutani (1991b) DdNSEWM; Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta (2001) s (of B. pfefferi)
Partial List of References
Dell, R. K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca, with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27 iv + 311 pp. Numanami, H. 1996. Taxonomic study on Antarctic gastropods collected by Japanese Antarctic research expeditions Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research (E)39 [v] + 244 pp. [Stated date: -- Sep 1996.] Numanami, H. and T. Okutani. 1991. A new species of the genus Brookula collected by the icebreaker Shirase from Breid Bay, Antarctica (Gastropoda: Cyclostrematidae) Venus 50 37-42. [Stated date: -- May 1991; true date: pre Sep 11.] Pelseneer, P. 1903. Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches) Expédition Antartique Belge: Résultats Voyage du S. Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 7 85 pp., pls. 1-9. [Stated date: 15 Jul 1903.] Powell, A. W. B. 1951. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda Discovery Reports 26 47-196, pls. 5-10. [Stated date: -- Mar 1951.]
