Obrussena bracteata (Iredale, 1925)

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1925 Obrussa bracteata nov. spec.—Iredale: p. 269, pl. 42, fig. 15.

1952 Obrussena moeshimaensis nov. spec.—Habe: p. 71–72, fig. 6.

2000 Obrussena moeshimaensis Habe, 1952 —Hori: p. 735, pl. 366, fig. 25. 2008 Obrussena bracteata (Iredale, 1925) —Valdés: p. 600, figs. 4F–I, 5. 2010 Obrussena moeshimaensis Habe, 1952 —Willan & Tagaro: p. 34, pl. 708, fig. 1.

Material. Anda1 (1) RGM 961.733, Anda4 (2) RGM 961.734, Anda6 (2) RGM 961.735, AndaDeVos (1) RGM 961.736, Tiep3 (2) RGM 961.737

Characterization. Shell globose; H 1.54 mm, W 1.21 mm; protoconch low, 1.4 whorl, DP 0.63 mm; nucleus small, DN 0.19 mm; teleoconch strongly sculpted with punctuated spiral grooves forming a reticulate network; aperture wide; umbilicus narrow.

Distribution. Off the coast of Narrabeen and Babel Island, New South Wales, Australia, 119–146 m (Iredale 1925). Pleistocene of Moeshima, Japan (Habe 1952). Japan Sea and South China Sea, 50–200 m (Hori 2000). New Caledonia, Tonga, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna, 182–675 m, live 482–498 m (Valdés 2008). Mactan Island, Philippines, 110 m (Willan & Tagaro 2010).

Remarks. Obrussena moeshimaensis Habe, 1952 was synonymized with Obrussena bracteata (Iredale, 1925) by Valdés (2008), because of the former species being small specimens of the latter species.