Leucosyrinx sp.

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 : 91

Leucosyrinx sp. 11

Fig. 31G–H

Material examined (sequenced)

SOCIETY ISLANDS • 1 lv; Bora Bora ; 16°32′ S, 151°48′ E; 798–830 m; TARASOC, stn CP3419; MNHN-IM-2007-38671 • 1 lv; between Raiatea and Tahaa ; 16°43′6″ S, 151°25′ E; 800 m; TARASOC, stn CP3439; MNHN-IM-2007-38723 .

DNA diagnosis (based on 2 cox 1 sequences)

No sufficiently robust diagnosis for this species could be retrieved.

Remarks

The species is represented in our material by two rather different in shell outline medium-sized specimens (up to 30.8 mm) with nearly identical cox 1 sequences. This is the only presently known species of Leucosyrinx from French Polynesia.

Figures

Fig. 31. A–F. Leucosyrinx placaisae sp. nov. A–C. Holotype, MNHN-IM-2013-48114, SL 29.9 mm; D–F. MNHN-IM-2013-48112, Walters shoal, 1588–1714 m., SL 18.6 mm. G–H. Leucosyrinx sp. 11, G. MNHN-IM-2007-38671, Society Is., 798-830 m, SL 26.3 mm. H. MNHN-IM-2007-38723, Society Is., 800 m, SL 30.8 mm. All shells at the same scale.