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 Chicomurex turschi ( Houart, 1981 ) Fig. 2B Chicoreus ( Chicomurex ) turschi Houart, 1981: 186 , figs 1-6. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji . MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1364, 18°12’S , 178°35’E , 100-122 m , 1 dd (Fig. 2B) . 18°12’S , 178°35’E , 80-86 m , 1 dd. — BORDAU 1: stn DW 1453, Tonga . BORDAU 2: stn CP 582, 18°41’S , 174°03’W , 79-82 m , 16°45’S , 179°59’E , 414-510 m , 1 dd . — SUVA 4: stn DW 04, 2 lv juv. DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific : known from Zululand ( South Africa ), southern Madagascar , the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga (new records), shells in 86-414 m , live in 79-82 m . REMARKS. — The shell is small, reaching a maximum length of 40 mm , with a paucispiral protoconch. The last whorl bears 3 squamose varices, slightly webbed abapically.