Taranidaphne dufresnei (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae), new genus and species from Yemen, Red Sea

Based on specimens from the Museo di Zoologia dell' Universitè di Bologna, Taranidaphne dufresnei gen. & sp. nov. is here described from Yemen, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The new genus is compared to Taranis Jeffreys, 1870, which it resembles mainly in apertural features. A total of four recent species are at present included in the genus. A redescription of Daphnella (Pleurotomella) amphitrites Melvill & Standen, 1903, and notes on Daphnella (Pleurotomella) nereïdum Melvill & Standen, 1903, species assigned to the new genus and originally described from the Gulf of Oman, are included. Bela erythraea Jousseaume, 1895, from Atacka, Suez, Red Sea, is here regarded as a synonym of Pleurotoma (Bela) hongkongensis Sowerby, 1888, from Hong Kong, a species also referred to Taranidaphne. The lectotype and a paralectotype of Bela erythraea are figured. A lectotype for Daphnella (Pleurotomella) amphitrites is designated and figured; syntypes of Pleurotoma (Bela) hongkongensis and Daphnella (Pleurotomella) nereïdum are figured for the first time.