Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific)
Author
Oliverio, Marco
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Rome University, “ La Sapienza ”, Viale dell’Università 32, I- 00185 Rome (Italy) marco. oliverio @ uniroma 1. it
text
Zoosystema
2009
2009-12-31
31
4
759
789
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n4a2
journal article
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10.5252/z2009n4a2
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1638-9387
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Hirtomurex filiaregis
(
Kurohara, 1959
)
(
Fig. 10A, B
)
Latiaxis filiaregis
Kurohara, 1959: 342-344
.
FIG. 9. —
A
,
B
,
Babelomurex mediopacificus
(
Kosuge, 1979
)
, Recif Neilson, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1924, 27°00.6’S, 146°04.8’W, 340- 800 m;
C
,
D
,
B. fusiformis
(
Martens, 1902
)
, North coast of Rurutu, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1999, 22°25.1’S, 151°22.1’W, 270-500 m. Scale bars: 10 mm.
TYPE
MATERIAL. — Possibly lost (
Kosuge & Suzuki 1985: 25
).
TYPE
LOCALITY. — Tosa Bay, Southern Shikoku,
Japan
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Banc Arago, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1973,
23°23.5’S
,
150°43.9’W
,
200-350 m
, 1 dd (
Fig. 10A, B
).
DISTRIBUTION. — West Pacific. From southern
Japan
to the
Philippines
,
100-200 m
, “rocks” (
Higo
et al.
1999: 221
). Norfolk Ridge, alive in
390-540 m
(
Oliverio 2008b
). Austral Islands, one empty shell in
200-
350 m
.
REMARKS
The single shell is worn and partly damaged, but it is easily identified. This is a significant extension eastward of its range.