The Genus Personopsis Beu, 1988 |
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Personopsis grasi (Bellardi in d'Ancona, 1873) - type species |
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Alive on Hyères seamount, 31°30.2'N 28°58.9'W, 295 m., 'Seamount 2' CP191 (20 mm.) | Image by Serge Gofas. The species was described from a Pliocene fossil of Zinola, Liguria, Italy and was thought to be extinct. However, the species was recently discovered on eastern Atlantic Seamounts and off Guadeloupe. | |
Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998 |
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Holotype - 15.6 mm. - Norfolk Ridge, South of New Caledonia |
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Personopsis trigonaperta Beu, 1998 |
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Holotype (26.2 mm.) - Gemini Seamounts, Southern Vanuatu |
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