Parastrophia cf. ivani Vannozzi, 2017

(Fig. 9D, E)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Papua New Guinea • 1 sh; New Ireland; KAVIENG 2014 Stn DW4470; 2°45’S, 150°37’E; 163-358 m depth; 3.IX.2014; MNHN • 1 sh; New Ireland; KAVIENG 2014 Stn DW4487; 2°25’S, 149°59’E; 130-153 m depth; 6.IX.2014; MNHN .

DESCRIPTION

Shell small for the genus, colourless, semitransparent. Coiled protoconch small of 0.75 whorls.Uncoiled protoconch conical, slightly curved, ending with a clear varix showing a crenulated edge. Teleoconch conical, virtually smooth, gradually growing, showing a few hardly-visible rings both adapically and abapically. Microsculpture of fine growth lines. Hardly visible longitudinal cordlets occur in the early teleoconch. Aperture simple, slightly dilated and then contracted.Length c. 2.8 mm.

REMARKS

Two specimens, none of them in good condition, were examined. Attribution is tentative due to slight differences with respect to specimens of Parastrophia ivani examined from other localities.