Comispira erica ( Thiele, 1925 ), 2025

Kantor, Yuri I., Fedosov, Alexander & Puillandre, Nicolas, 2025, Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 999, pp. 1-126 : 110

Comispira erica ( Thiele, 1925) comb. nov.

Fig. 35E

Leucosyrinx erica Thiele, 1925: 236 , pl. 36 (24) fig. 25.

Comitas erica – Powell 1969: 284 (23-296), pl. 226 fig. 2. — Sysoev 1996: 8, fig. 41.

Type material

Syntypes

SUMATRA • 3 specs; off Siberut I., 0°39′ S, 98°52′ E; depth 750 m; ZMB Mol 109382 .

Remarks

The type series consists of 3 shells, one complete (SL 20.1 mm), one juvenile and one broken.

The species is characterized by a subsutural row of rounded knobs. This is not found in any species of Leucosyrinx , but on the contrary present in all species of Sibogasyrinx and Comispira . Based on the spiral sculpture pattern we conditionally attribute the species to Comispira .

Distribution

Zanzibar, Maldive Is. and Sumatra, 750– 797 m.

Figures

Fig. 35. Species excluded from Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 and Comitas H.J. Finlay, 1926. A. Spergo? chuni (vonMartens,1901),holotype,ZMBMoll60091,SL98.9 mm(photocourtesy ofMuseumfürNaturkunde). B. Lora equatorialis Dall, 1919 (Pseudomelatomidae, genus assignment uncertain), syntype, USNM 97092, SL 13.5 mm (photo courtesy of USNM). C. Antimelatoma eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906), holotype, MNZ, M.001718 (from the website of MNZ,https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/151599). D. Leucosyrinx elsa Thiele, 1925 (family and genus assignment uncertain), syntype, ZMB Mol 109383, SL 4.7 mm (photo courtesy of Museum für Naturkunde). E. Comispira erica (Thiele, 1925) comb. nov., syntype, ZMB Mol 109382, SL 20.1 mm (photo courtesy of Museum für Naturkunde). F. Pleurotomella esilda Dall, 1908 (family and genus assignment uncertain), holotype, USNM 123126, SL 22.8 mm (photo courtesy of USNM). G. Comispira exstructa (von Martens, 1904) comb. nov., holotype, SL 24 mm (from von Martens 1904). H–I. Sibogasyrinx lancea (Y.-C. Lee, 2001) comb. nov. H. Holotype, NMNS- 3704001, SL 46.9 mm (photo courtesy of Kun-Hsuan Lee). I. MNHN-IM-2009-13465, Philippines (sequenced specimen). Shells not to scale.