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
Pterynotus levii
Houart, 1988
Fig. 2C
Pterynotus levii
Houart, 1988: 185
, figs 7-8, 18.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Tonga
. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1628,
23°22’S
,
176°18’W
,
400-416 m
, 1 dd; stn DW 1630,
23°23’S
,
176°18’W
,
360 m
, 1 dd; stn DW 1631,
23°23’S
,
176°18’W
,
407-443 m
, 6 dd (Fig. 2C)
.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Southern
New Caledonia
and now
Tonga
(new records), shells in
360-407 m
.
REMARKS. —
Pterynotus levii
is easily distinguishable from the other
Pterynotus
species
from the Indo-West Pacific by
its elongate, very narrow aperture, narrow shell, long siphonal canal and wide, expanded varical wings.