A new Epilepton species (Bivalvia, Montacutidae) from the Western Mediterranean

Epilepton parrussetensis spec. nov. (Bivalvia, Montacutidae) is described from sediments dredged in a white coral biocenosis off Vallcarca (Sitges, Barcelona, NW Mediterranean), at a depth of 250-350 m. This small species is assigned to the genus Epilepton on the basis of shell morphology and hinge structure, and it is compared to Epilepton clarkiae (Clark W., 1852) and Mancikellia divae van Aartsen and Carrozza, 1997. The latter species is transferred to the genus Epilepton.