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.