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
Daphnellopsis lamellosus
Schepman, 1913
Fig. 5D
Daphnellopsis lamellosus
Schepman, 1913: 449
, pl. 30, figs 10 a-c.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Fiji
. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1363,
18°12’S
,
178°33’E
,
144-150 m
, 1 dd juv. (Fig. 5D); stn DW 1365,
18°13’S
,
178°32’E
,
295-302 m
, 2 dd juv; stn CP 1366,
18°12’S
,
178°33’E
,
149-168 m
, 2 dd juv
.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Savu Sea
,
Indonesia
, in
247 m
(
type
locality), and
Fiji
(new record), shells in
150-295 m
.
REMARKS. —
Daphnellopsis lamellosus
differs from
D. fimbriatus
in having a more elongated, narrow shell with weakly shouldered whorls. The spiral cords are comparatively narrower, more uniform and more widely spaced. The axial lamellae are lower and the teleoconch whorls are comparatively higher. The protoconch is shorter, with flatter whorls.
Daphnellopsis lamellosus
was until now only known from the
type
material illustrated by
Houart (1995a)
. The discovery of this species in the
Fiji
archipelago confirms the differences between the two species, noted by
Houart (1995a)
.