New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia Author Scarabino, Victor John T. Huber text Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2008 196 215 268 journal article 978-2-85653-614-8 1243-4442 Episiphon virgula (Hedley, 1903) Fig. 1r, s Episiphon subrectum - Scarabino 1995: 287, figs, 93 (erroneously captioned E. virginieae ), 95d. Episiphon virgula - Lamprell & Healy 1998: 133, figs 135D, 136D-F, 139. NEW TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Dentalium subrectum Jeffreys, 1883 : holotype USNM 176124 . — Dentalium virgula Hedley, 1903 : holotype AMS C16217 . TYPE LOCALITY. — Dentalium subrectum : Philippines . — Dentalium virgula : 5.8 miles off Port Kembla , New South Wales , 115-137 m . NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED.— New Caledonia proper . Touho. EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1264, 20°44.5’S , 165°15.9’E , 8 m , 1 lv , 1 dd . DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribtion: western Pacific , from Japan, Philippines , Indonesia , eastern Australia to Tasmania in 22-296 m ( Lamprell & Healy 1998) (no information on live specimens has been found in previous literature). New record for the east coast of New Caledonia , live in 8 m . REMARKS. — The holotype of D. subrectum was not located by Scarabino (1995), who accepted the placement of E. virgula as a synonym of D. subrectum by Ludbrook (1954: 108) . However, after examination of the holotype of D. subrectum (USNM 176124, Philippines ), figured here for the first time (Fig. 1r), I consider it to be a juvenile of Laevidentalium eburneum (Linné, 1767) . In consequence, Hedley’s name is here revalidated. Fig. 1s shows a specimen of E. virgula (USNM 251992, signed “SC Verco”) from off Neptune Island, South Australia, 104 fms [ 190 m ].