Campanistylus Merle & Pacaud 2026, n. gen.

Genus Campanistylus Merle & Pacaud, n. gen. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0DA1619A-ACDE-4170-BD12-B7F2AAF647FA TYPE SPECIES. — Campanistylus lakhraensis Merle & Pacaud, n. gen., n. sp. SPECIES INCLUDED. — Type species. ETYMOLOGY. — From Campanile and stylus (from Greek name στύΛΟς meaning column reflecting the straight-sided shape of the early teleconch whorls). Gender, male. DIAGNOSIS. — Medium sized shell; early spire very slender turriculate, resembling a column, followed by whorls gradually increasing in growth rate resulting in broader, more convex whorls. Overall aspect of shell, turriculate, coleoconid. Whorls separated by narrowly impressed suture. Delicate spiral sculpture present on around 25 early teleoconch whorls, disappearing on later whorls. Series of cords including P1, P2, s2, P3. Surface of cords usually smooth, sometimes slightly granulose. Aperture narrow, ovoid, compressed adapically. Anal canal short, narrow. Columella weakly concave, one fold. Siphonal canal moderately short, bent and dorsally recurved. Outer lip prosocyrt, not thickened. Remains of periostracum imprints. Residual colour pattern consisting of red stripes, approximately parallel, with inclination varying from slightly sinuous to sigmoidal.