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
Cytharomorula vexillum
Kuroda, 1953
Fig. 4K
Cytharomorula vexillum
Kuroda, 1953: 183
, fig. 11
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Tonga
. BORDAU 2: stn 1512,
21°29’S
,
175°01’W
,
183-184 m
, 1 dd; stn DW 1549,
20°38’S
,
175°00’W
,
500 m
, 1 dd; stn DW 1605,
22°17’S
,
175°16’W
,
441 m
, 5 dd; stn DW 1607,
22°15’S
,
175°23’W
,
356-367 m
,
2 lv
(Fig. 4K), 1 dd
.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Kii
(
Japan
),
Chesterfield Plateau
,
New Caledonia
and
Tonga
(new record), live in
356-367 m
.
REMARKS. —
Cytharomorula vexillum
can be distinguished easily from other species of
Cytharomorula
by its characteristic brown primary spiral cords and broad axial ribs. Interspaces are whitish.