The Vetigastropoda (Mollusca) of Walters Shoal, with descriptions of two new genera and thirty new species
Author
Herbert, David G.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-02-28
923
1
119
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2445/10835
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.923.2445
2118-9773
10727741
AD68CEDD-2F2D-4010-BE7A-1B1AE9E4A0F3
Genus
Trenchia
Knudsen, 1964
Type
species
Trenchia wolffi
Knudsen, 1964
(original designation), Recent, Kermadec Trench.
Remarks
Species of
Trenchia
closely resemble those of
Xyloskenea
Marshall, 1988
, but the latter differ in having distinct spiral sculpture on the initial part of the protoconch. In
Trenchia
the protoconch is smooth (
Warén & Bouchet 1993
;
Hoffman
et al
. 2020
). Although the protoconch of the material discussed below is somewhat eroded, no spiral sculpture is evident and for this reason I refer the new species to
Trenchia
. This appears to be the first record of the genus from the Indian Ocean.