<strong>New genus <em>Arxellia</em> with new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Australia, Vanuatu and Tonga </strong>

CLAUDE VILVENS; SUZANNE T. WILLIAMS; DAVID G. HERBERT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.8

Issue: Vol. 3826 No. 1: 27 June 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-27

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.8

Page range: 255–281

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**New genus Arxellia with new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Australia, Vanuatu and Tonga**

CLAUDE VILVENS⁺⁻
SUZANNE T. WILLIAMS⁺⁻
DAVID G. HERBERT⁺⁻

Scientific Collaborator, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Rue de Hermalle, 113, B-4680 Oupeye, Belgium.

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.

KwaZulu-Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa and School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3206, South Africa.

Gastropoda Trochoidea Solariellidae central Indo-West Pacific new genus new species

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Abstract

A new genus, Arxellia, is described in the family Solariellidae. Nine species are referred to this taxon, eight of which are new and are described in this paper (Arxellia trochos n. sp., Arxellia boucheti n. sp., Arxellia herosae n. sp., Arxellia helicoides n. sp., Arxellia tracheia n. sp., Arxellia thaumasta n. sp., Arxellia maestratii n. sp. and Arxellia erythrea n. sp.). The previously described species Bathymophila tenorioi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 is reassigned to Arxellia.