Sampling the depth: New data on the Caecidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from northeastern Papua New Guinea Author Walter, Angelo Vannozzi Via M. L. Longo 8, 00151 Rome (Italy) ang.vannozzi@gmail.com Author Renda, Walter Via Bologna 18 / A, 87032 Amantea (CS) (Italy) w.renda1@tin.it text Zoosystema 2024 2024-06-07 46 14 327 347 journal article 299020 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a14 b5619e29-fcbd-4ddc-9231-138300251568 1638-9387 12548683 23D972D0-F573-429C-816B-F42AFF02D0B1 Parastrophia cf. ivani Vannozzi, 2017 ( Fig. 9D, E ) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Papua New Guinea • 1 sh; New Ireland ; KAVIENG 2014 Stn DW4470; 2°45’S , 150°37’E ; 163-358 m depth ; 3.IX.2014 ; MNHN • 1 sh; New Ireland ; KAVIENG 2014 Stn DW4487; 2°25’S , 149°59’E ; 130-153 m depth ; 6.IX.2014 ; MNHN . DESCRIPTION Shell small for the genus, colourless, semitransparent. Coiled protoconch small of 0.75 whorls.Uncoiled protoconch conical, slightly curved, ending with a clear varix showing a crenulated edge. Teleoconch conical, virtually smooth, gradually growing, showing a few hardly-visible rings both adapically and abapically. Microsculpture of fine growth lines. Hardly visible longitudinal cordlets occur in the early teleoconch. Aperture simple, slightly dilated and then contracted.Length c. 2.8 mm . REMARKS Two specimens , none of them in good condition, were examined. Attribution is tentative due to slight differences with respect to specimens of Parastrophia ivani examined from other localities.