Vexillum (Protoelongata) species 2, 2014

Herrmann, Manfred, Stossier, Günter & Salisbury, Richard, 2014, A new subgenus including three new species of the genus Vexillum (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the central Indo-Pacific with remarks on Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum (ANTON, 1838), Contributions to Natural History 24, pp. 1-55 : 26

Vexillum (Protoelongata) species 2

( Figs 72–73 )

Comments: So far only dead-collected specimens are known from Papua New Guinea collected by Sandro Gori, and from the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia, collected by Peter Stahlschmidt. The shell characteristics including the elongated protoconch are characters that assign this species also to the new subgenus Protoelongata . This species is comparable to V. (Pr.) loyaltyense , but in contrast to a narrow white band at the periphery of the whorls, a broad band with a brown line in the middle is present in species 2.

Figures

Plate 19: Vexillum (Protoelongata) species Figs 69–71: species 1 Fig. 69: specimen, collected during the Atimo Vatae expedition (MNHN), south of Madagascar, 2010. Figs 70–71: scaled 4 x; Specimens, Madagascar, Fort Dauphin, 11.5 mm x 4.9 mm and 11.3 mm x 4.9 mm, GS. Figs 72–73: species 2, scaled 6 x; Fig. 72: specimen, Papua New Guinea, West New Ireland, off Kavin Village, 32 m, in sand, collected 6 Nov 2002 by Sandro Gori, 10.4 mm x 4.3 mm, SG 30252. Fig. 73: specimen, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Togian Islands, West Batudaka Island, 29–32 m, in grit from crevices along reef slope, collected by Peter Stahlschmidt Oct 2010, 8.4 mm x 3.6 mm, SMF. Photos: Fig. 69 Bob Abela, Figs 70–71 Günter Stossier, Fig. 72 Sandro Gori, Fig. 73 Manfred Herrmann.