Turbonilla deboeri Jong & Coomans, 1988 (Figs. 13­17)

Turbonilla deboeri Jong & Coomas, 1988: 128, pl. 7, fig. 665; Odé (1996: 39).

Type locality: West Indies, Aruba.

Type material: Holotype: ZMA 3.87.106. West Indies, Aruba., K.M. de Jong. coll.

Material examined: The types and: ­­Amapá State: MORG 14846, off Goiabal, 103 m, 06/v/1968, NOAS coll. [1]; MORG 19920, off Goiabal, 100 m, xi/1968, NOAS coll. [2]; MORG 18256, off Amapá State, 76 m, 24/xi/1968, NOAS coll. [1]; ­­Pará State: IBUFRJ 9463, AMASSEDS # 3210 (01°52.45’N, 16.02’W, 47 m), 12/v/1990, RVCI coll. [4]; ­­ Pernambuco State: MMUFRPE, Itaparica [27]; IBUFRJ 8835, Bom Despacho, Itaparica, L.Trinchão coll. [1]; ­­Bahia State: MORG 23910, Abrolhos bank, i/1985, MORG team coll. [2]; ­­Espírito Santo State: IBUFRJ 8983, off Espírito Santo State [1]; ­­Rio de Janeiro State: IBUFRJ 2540, Prainha, Arraial do Cabo, T.Almeida coll. [5]; IBUFRJ 5974, Prainha, Arraial do Cabo, 1989, T.Almeida coll. [17]; IBUFRJ 7213, Prainha, Arraial do Cabo, 1989, T.Almeida coll. [12]; IBUFRJ 8985, Arquipélago de Santana, Macaé, v/1993, AG coll. [5].

Remarks: Turbonilla deboeri (figs. 13­17) has the same spiral sculpture pattern described for T. puncta, but can be distinguished by the outline of the whorls, which are semipyriform, with marked convexity in their posterior halves; and by the larger diameter of the protoconch, which ranges from 256 m to 333 m (mean diameter: 307 m, n = 29; 282 m in the holotype). T. deboeri exhibits some variation in the number of axial ribs per whorl and in the intercoastal spaces.