Comispira erica ( Thiele, 1925 )

Kantor, Yuri I., Fedosov, Alexander & Puillandre, Nicolas, 2025, Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 999, pp. 1-126 : 110

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.999.2945
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7BFF2F85-97C9-46A9-9F9C-10AAB06C214C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15881181
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FCE539-FFDD-3D0B-9028-FECA30A799C3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Comispira erica ( Thiele, 1925 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Comispira erica ( Thiele, 1925) comb. nov.

Fig. 35E View Fig

Leucosyrinx erica Thiele, 1925: 236 View in CoL , pl. 36 (24) fig. 25.

Comitas erica View in CoL – Powell 1969: 284 (23-296), pl. 226 fig. 2. — Sysoev 1996: 8, fig. 41.

Type material

Syntypes

SUMATRA • 3 specs; off Siberut I., 0°39′ S, 98°52′ E; depth 750 m; ZMB Mol 109382 GoogleMaps .

Remarks

The type series consists of 3 shells, one complete (SL 20.1 mm), one juvenile and one broken.

The species is characterized by a subsutural row of rounded knobs. This is not found in any species of Leucosyrinx , but on the contrary present in all species of Sibogasyrinx and Comispira . Based on the spiral sculpture pattern we conditionally attribute the species to Comispira .

Distribution

Zanzibar, Maldive Is. and Sumatra, 750– 797 m.