Turris saldanhae Barnard, 1958

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 : 115-116

Turris saldanhae Barnard, 1958 ( Pseudomelatomidae , genus assignment uncertain)

Turris saldanhae Barnard, 1958: 109 , figs 3f, 7.

Comitas saldanhae – Powell 1966: 15, fig. b7; 1969: 267 (23-279), pl. 205 fig. 1, with query. — Nolf 2011: 1–2, pls 1–2.

Type material

Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA • Saldanha Bay , off Baboon Point; depth 31 ftm (= 57 m); SAM A1738 .

Remarks

The shell of the species possesses an anal sinus, which occupies part of the subsutural ramp, similar to species of Comitas . Nervertheless, the radula , as illustrated by Barnard (1958: fig. 3f), consists of duplex marginal teeth, with the accessory limb of the marginal tooth inserted into a rather deep and broad socket on the major limb. This tooth structure is very different from the radulae of Comitas that have been examined ( Fig. 3F ). Although we cannot determine the exact generic position of the species, the radula type suggests it belongs to the family Pseudomelatomidae .

Distribution

South Africa, Namibia, 55–1280 m.

Figures

Fig. 3. Genera of Conoidea Fleming, 1822, similar to Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 and confused with it. A–C. Antarctospira badenpowelli (Dell, 1990) (family Borsoniidae). A–B. Holotype, USNM 613118, Victoria Land, McMurdo Sound, east of Cape Hallett,72°08′ S,172°10′ E, 433 m, SL 19.9 mm, apertural view of the shell and enlarged anal sinus. C. Paratype, USNM 860180, South Shetland Is., 72°06′ S, 172°12′ E, 433 m, SL 21.5 mm; radula. D–F. Comitas sp. (family Pseudomelatomidae), MNHN-IM- 2007-17918, Philippines, Bohol Sea, 762–786 m, SL 114.3 mm; apertural view of the shell, enlarged anal sinus, radula. G–I. Sibogasyrinx cf. pyramidalis 1 (Schepman, 1913) (family Cochlespiridae), MNHN-IM-2009-13451, Philippines, off Luzon I., 593–600 m, SL 46.5 mm; apertural view of the shell, enlarged anal sinus (arrow indicates the subsutural row of nodules, present only in Cochlespiridae), radula. J. Comispira mai (B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2008), MNHN-IM-2013-61657, South China Sea, 1128– 1278 m, SL 35.5 mm.