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.