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
Poirieria
(
Actinotrophon
)
fragilis
Houart, 1996
Fig. 2F
Poirieria
(
Actinotrophon
)
fragilis
Houart, 1996a: 60
, figs 1-2, 5-9, 27-28.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Fiji
. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1330,
179°28’W
,
400-410 m
,
1 lv
(Fig. 2F); stn DW 1413,
16°10’S
,
17°10’S
,
177°56’E
,
567-699 m
,
1 lv
; stn CP 1331,
17°02’S
,
179°24’W
,
669-676 m
, 1 dd; stn DW 1485,
19°03’S
,
178°30’W
,
178°02’E
,
694-703 m
, 2 dd; stn CP 1341,
16°53’S
,
177°44’E
,
700-707 m
, 2 dd
.
500-614 m
, 2 dd. —
BORDAU 1: stn DW 1410,
16°06’S
,
Tonga
. BORDAU 2: stn CP 1556,
20°11’S
,
174°45’W
, 589
-
591 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1585,
18°33’S
,
173°57’W
,
578 m
, 1 dd; 1640,
21°09’ S
,
175°24’ W
,
564-569 m
,
2 lv
, 1 dd; stn CP 1642, stn CP 1638,
21°50’S
,
175°23’W
,
469-520 m
, 3 dd; stn CP
21°05’S
,
175°23’W
,
532 m
,
1 lv
, 6 dd.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Northwest of Port Hedland
(
Western Australia
),
New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji
and
Tonga
(new records), live in
410-567 m
.
REMARKS. — See
P. tenuis
(below) for comparison with that species.