Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga Author Houart, Roland John T. Huber Author Héros, Virginie John T. Huber text Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2008 196 437 480 journal article 978-2-85653-614-8 1243-4442 Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846) Fig. 4I Buccinum contractum Reeve, 1846 : pl. 8, fig. 53. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji . SUVA 2: stn CP 45, 17°52’S , 18°21’S , 178°09’E , 26 m , 1 dd; stn CP 19, 18°26’S , 178°04’E , 177°13’E , 35 m , 1 lv ; stn DW 62, 17°48’S , 177°13’E , 32 m , 48-50 m , 1 dd (Fig. 4I); stn DW 26, 18°24’S , 178°05’E , 42- 1 dd; stn BS 82, 17°39’S , 177°22’E , 21 m , 1 lv , 2 dd . — SUVA 43 m , 1 dd. 4: stn DW 10, 18°21’S , 178°07’E , 39-43 m , 1 lv ; stn DW 11, DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific. REMARKS. — A highly variable and common species in the whole Indo-West Pacific. However, it is not certain whether E. calcarius (Dunker, 1860) from Japan and E. smithi ( Schepman, 1911 ) from Indonesia are synonyms or should be considered separate species. The Fiji specimens are typical E. contracta with a high spire, shouldered teleoconch whorls, broad and high axial ribs, and a short siphonal canal.