Xylodiscula wareni n. sp., una nuova specie per le coste orientali della Sicilia

A small planispiral gastropod, which could not be ascribed to any known species from the Mediterranean or adjacent seas, was found in sediment samples collected in depths between 35 and 52 m in the seas around Sicily.
The general shape resmbles the genus Xylodiscula Marshall, 1988, but the protoconch is not heterostrophic and has a distinct sculpture not described from any gastropod. Therefore we describe this new species as Xylodiscula wareni, although it probably does not belong to the genus, instead of creating a new, poorly defined genus.