A new species of Strombus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Guyane, South America

A new species of Strombus Linnaeus, 1758 has been discovered from the Trans-Amazonian area of Guyane (French Guiana) in the Surinamian Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province. This unusual new strombid, here named Strombus guyanensis, is presently known only from 30-50 meters off Cayenne, but most likely is also present in the neritic zone of the adjacent Cayenne Plateau and Amapá coast. Strombus guyanensis is the fourth-known living species of the genus Strombus known from the western Atlantic.