New species of Nystiellidae and Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the northeastern Pacific

ABSTRACT

Some nystiellid and epitoniid species from the eastern Pacific Ocean from Oregon to Alaska are discussed and six new species described herein: Eccliseogyra frausseni from deep water off southeastern Alaska; Iphitus clarki, Iphitus wareni, Murdochella turritelliformis and Epitonium nearense, all from the Aleutian Islands; and Claviscala dushaneae from deep water off Oregon.

KEYWORDS:

• Claviscala
• Eccliseogyra
• Epitonium
• Iphitus
• Murdochella
• new taxa

Acknowledgements

I want to thank Lindsey Groves, Collection Manager at the LACM, for arranging for the loan of material and Dr Daniel Geiger at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for photographing the type material and reviewing sections of this manuscript. I also want to thank Eric Lazo-Wasem, Senior Collections Manager, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History for accepting the loan of material, arranging for me to work at the museum as a visiting researcher, and creating the plates for this manuscript. Bruce D. Neville at Texas A&M University reviewed the manuscript and suggested helpful revisions, as did an anonymous reviewer who made useful comments that helped me to improve an earlier draft of this manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.