Sibogasyrinx suluensis ( Powell, 1969 ), 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 : 115

Sibogasyrinx suluensis ( Powell, 1969) comb. nov.

Fig. 36G

Comitas suluensis Powell, 1969: 280 (23-292), pl. 223 fig. 7

Type material

Holotype

Philippines • Sulu Archipelago , off Cagayan I.; depth 508 ftm (= 929 m); USNM 238399 .

Remarks

The shell of this species has a row of subsutural nodules, a feature not found in any species of Leucosyrinx or Comitas , but present in all species of Sibogasyrinx and Comispira . In shell outline the species is more similar to Sibogasyrinx spp. than to any Comispira , therefore we allocate it to Sibogasyrinx .

Distribution

Type locality.

Figures

Fig. 36. Species excluded from Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 and Comitas H.J. Finlay, 1926. A. Comispira obtusigemmata (Schepman, 1913) comb.nov., syntype, NATURALIS, ZMA.MOLL.137984, SL22.5 mm (photo courtesy of K. Hasegawa). B. Sibogasyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963) comb. nov., holotype, MNZ, M.016273, SL 35.5 mm (from the website of MNZ, https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/150983). C. Comispira saudesae (Cossigniani, 2018) comb. nov., paratype, SL 30, 28.9 mm, collection of Jean Pierre Vezzaro (photos courtesy of T. Cossigniani). D. Comispira saudesae, MNHN-IM-2009-18998, Philippines, SL 22.8 mm (sequenced specimen). E–F. Comispira subsuturalis (von Martens, 1901) comb.nov.E. Syntype, SL 16.1 mm.F. Syntype, SL 22.1 mm (photo courtesy of Museum für Naturkunde). G. Sibogasyrinx suluensis (Powell, 1969) comb. nov., holotype, USNM 238399, SL 21.0 mm (photo courtesy of USNM).H. Sibogasyrinx variabilis (Schepman, 1913) comb. nov., lectotype, NATURALIS, ZMA.MOLL.136887, SL 18.5 mm (photo courtesy of K. Hasegawa). Shells not to scale.