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Page 108 THE FESTIVUS Vol. XXXIX: Supplement
Plate 19
Figure 1 Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854).
Île Clipperton, (10°19’00”N, 109°12’00”W) N end, live, under dead coral head, no holothurian seen under same coral
head, 9-15 m (30-50 ft), H 2 O 84°F, leg. K.L. Kaiser, diving from R/V Urracá, 30 Apr. 1998. KLK Coll. 210023
(wet coll.). Size: 7.0 mm. Photograph by P. Sadeghian.
Figures 2a, 2b Melanella dufresnei Bowdich, 1822.
Île Clipperton, (10°16’56”N, 109°12’53”W) S-SE end, live, under dead coral head, 11-15 m (35-50 ft), H 2 O 84°F,
leg. K.L. Kaiser (ICF-4-98), diving from R/V Urracá, 22 Apr. 1998. KLK Coll. 200695. Size: 32.5 mm. Photographs
by P. Sadeghian.
Figure 3a Melanella cf. exilis (Pease, 1863).
Île Clipperton, (10°19.00’N, 109°12.00’W) N end, live, under dead coral, 9-15 m (30-50 ft), H 2 O 84°F, leg. K.L.
Kaiser, diving from R/V Urracá, 30 Apr. 1998. KLK Coll. (wet) 210417. Size: 4.7 mm (SEM by D.L. Geiger).
Figure 3b Melanella cf. exilis (Pease, 1863).
Île Clipperton, (10°18’56”N, 109°12’52”W), live, on Euapa godeffroyi under coral head, 11-14 m (36-45 ft), H 2 O
83-84°F, leg. K.L. Kaiser (ICF-24-94), diving from M/V Royal Star, 22 Apr. 1994. KLK Coll. 200682. Size: 4.14
mm (SEM by D.L. Geiger, not coated).
Figures 4a, 4b Melanella thaanumii (Pilsbry, 1917).
Île Clipperton, (10°19.00’N, 109°12.00’W) N end, live, under dead coral head in sand, 9-15 m (30-50 ft), H 2 O 84°F,
leg. K.L. Kaiser, diving from R/V Urracá, 30 Apr. 1998. KLK Coll. (wet w/ host) 210418. Size: 21.6 mm. Photographs
by P. Sadeghian.
Figure 5 Melanella sp. 1.
Île Clipperton, (10°19’08”N, 109°13’10”W) N end, live, under dead coral, 12-29 m (40-95 ft), H 2 O 84°F, leg. K.L.
Kaiser (ICF-16-98), diving from R/V Urracá, 21 Apr. 1998. KLK Coll. 200652. Size: 3.91 mm (SEM by D.L. Geiger,
not coated).
Figure 6 Melanella sp. 2.
Île Clipperton, (10°19’08”N, 109°13’10”W) N end, live, under dead coral, 12-29 m (40-95 ft), H 2 O 84°F, leg. K.L.
Kaiser (ICF-16-98), diving from R/V Urracá, 21 Apr. 1998. KLK Coll. 200661. Size: 3.3 mm (SEM by D.L. Geiger,
not coated).
Figure 7 Melanella sp. 3.
Île Clipperton, (10°17’29”N, 109°13’30”W), live, steep slope of Pocillopora spp., shakings, 12-43 m (40-141 ft),
H 2 O 83°F, leg. K.L. Kaiser (ICF-7-94), diving from M/V Royal Star, 16 Apr. 1994. KLK Coll. 200716. Size: 6.8
mm (SEM by D.L. Geiger, not coated). Operculum showing in aperture.