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With about 480 known species, Pilidiophora (phylum Nemertea) has been regarded as consisting of Hubrechtiiformes (~20 spp.) and Heteronemertea (~460 spp.). Most (~87%) of the latter belong to Lineidae (> 400 spp.), while the systematics of non-lineid heteronemerteans remains largely untouched. To explore the phylogeny of non-hubrechtiiformid, non-lineid pilidiophorans, we performed multilocus molecular phylogenetic analyses with five genes (18S, 28S, H3 , 16S and COI) from 41 newly sequenced specimens. Pilidiophora comprised Hubrechtellidae, Lineidae, Valenciniidae, the new family Eopilidiidae and a not formally named family-level heteronemertean taxon. Eopilidion misakiense gen. et sp. nov. is described from a specimen from Japan, but whether it belongs to Heteronemertea remains unclear. Apart from this new species, the following 11 new species of valenciniids are established, based on molecular sequences and external morphology (localities in parentheses): Baseodiscus giribeti sp. nov. (Panama), B. kakuii sp. nov. (Japan), B. komatsui sp. nov. (Japan), B. narusei sp. nov. (Japan), B. ohtsukai sp. nov. (Japan), B. paracelensis sp. nov. (Vietnam), B. profundus sp. nov. (Russian Far East), B. urgorrii sp. nov. (Spain), B. zebra sp. nov. (Japan), Oxypolella hiebertae sp. nov. (Vietnam) and Valencinura jambio sp. nov. (Japan). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Pb isotope data are presented for 20 deposits of the South Sikhote-Alin. • Regional uniform Pb source for the SSAP deposits is identified. • Pb was derived from Mesozoic sediments and mantle source (MORB-type). South Sikhote-Alin metallogenic subprovince (SSAP) is located in the southern part of the Sikhote-Alin orogenic belt. It encompasses more than one hundred well-known deposits and occurrences of boron, tin, lead, and zinc. These deposits have been genetically related to the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene granitoid magmatism. Pb isotope composition was measured using the MC-ICP-MS method in 20 SSAP deposits. Pb isotope ratios (48 samples of galena) vary within narrow limits: 206Pb/204Pb ranges from 18.321 to 18.474, 207Pb/204Pb − 15.608–15.655, and 208Pb/204Pb 38.601–38.796. The high degree of homogeneity of the Pb isotope composition and absence of correlations between the lead isotope characteristics of the deposits, on the one hand, and the age and type of ore mineralization, on the other, indicate the presence of a regional uniform Pb source for all the SSAP deposits. The results of Pb-Pb studies of the different rocks of the SSAP suggest that the source was most likely the Mesozoic sedimentary sequences of the Sikhote-Alin accretionary complexes. In turn, individual lead isotope characteristics of the SSAP deposits are caused by varibale contribution of mantle source to the overall balance of lead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]