Summary
A new subgenus and species. Distorsio (Distorsionello) lewisi. are proposed for a small, weakly distorted shell combining the reticulate protoconch of Sassia (Sassia) with a long. weakly armed aperture and the operculum, proboscis. radula. and ridged columellar base of Distorsio; specimens are from the Kermadec Islands. Reinga Ridge and Norfolk Ridge. Sassia (Sassia) marshalli n. sp. is described from the Kermadec Islands. New records are Distorsio constricta habei Lewis from the Kermadec Islands (previous records from southern Japan, but recorded here also from the Philippines and north-western Australia). Sassia (Sassia) nassariformis remensa (Iredale) from the Bay of Plenty. New Zealand, Sassia (Proxicharonia) palmen (Powell) from the Kermadec Islands and Norfolk Ridge. and Ranella olearium (Linnaeus). Fusitriton magellanicus loudandus Finlay. and Cymatono kampyla kampyla (Watson) from the Kermadec Islands