Ne. Ardila et Jm. Diaz, 2 NEW SPECIES OF PERIPLOMA (BIVALVIA, ANOMALODESMATA, PERIPLOMATIDAE)FROM THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN, The Nautilus (Philadelphia), 112(2), 1998, pp. 69-72
Periploma coseli new species and P. sanctamarthaensis new species are
described from near Santa Marta, Caribbean coast of Colombia. The over
all shape of the shell, the outline of the pallial sinus and the shape
and/or orientation of the resilifer are the main features distinguish
ing the two new taxa from each other, and from other congeneric specie
s from the western Atlantic, eastern Atlantic, or eastern Pacific regi
ons.