Gymnobela ioessa Sysoev, 1997

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2014, Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas, Journal of Natural History 48 (17), pp. 999-1025 : 1013-1014

* Gymnobela ioessa Sysoev, 1997

( Figure 2D )

Gymnobela ioessa Sysoev, 1997, p. 335 , figs. 3, 29–33. Type loc. Tanimbar Is., Indonesia.

Material examined

ECS. 3 specs, CN Ky9B-22, silty mud, 1070 m, 4 August 1981; 1 spec, CN KY10B- 41, sta. ZIV-4, silty mud, 1115 m, 4 August 1981. SCS. 1 spec, CN V568B-3, sta. 28, silty mud, 2150 m, 2000 m, AT, 10 June 1978.

Distribution

ECS, SCS; Philippines, Indonesia.

Remarks

This benthic species is distributed in more than 1000 m depth, on a silty mud bottom. Sysoev (1997) described this species as dull reddish-violet, whereas our specimens are light brown. This species was not previously reported from the China Seas .

Figures

Figure 2. (A) Asperdaphne perissa (Hedley 1909) (Bohai Gulf, CN 57–033); (B) Daphnella mitrellaformis (Nomura 1940) (ECS, CN V562B-15); (C) Eucyclotoma lactea (Reeve 1843) (Xisha Islands, CN 58 M-1514); (D) Gymnobela ioessa Sysoev, 1997 (SCS, CN V568B-3); (E) *Kuroshiodaphne supracancellata (Schepman 1913) (left: SCS, CN 171; right: holotype, provided by Dr Kilburn R. N., personal communication); (F) Tritonoturris oxyclathrus (Martens 1880) (SCS, CN L67B-8); (G) Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds 1843) (SCS, RN MBM081112); (H, I) Tritonoturris macandrewi (E. A. Smith 1882) (SCS, CN Q283B-22 and X200b–63).