Turbonilla cf. paucistriata (Jeffreys, 1884)

Fig. 28H

Material examined

GALICIA BANK • 1 spm, 1 sh; 42°56.77′ N, 11°58.53′ W; 1631 m; 2 Aug. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V5; MNCN • 2 sh; 42°41.87′ N, 11°26.71′ W; 1720 m; 8 Aug. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V10; MNCN .

Remarks

The single specimen and three shells resemble Turbonilla paucistriata (Jeffreys, 1884), originally described from much shallower depth of the Mediterranean (in the Sicily Channel), but differ in being more slender and having a more distinctly protruding protoconch, also of van Aartsen’s (1987) “ type B” i.e., with coiling axis making an angle of ca 100° with teleoconch axis. Turbonilla amoena (Monterosato, 1878) is also similar but broader. Not much more can be said without additional material from the area.