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
Siphonochelus boucheti
Houart, 1991
Figs 6G, J
Siphonochelus boucheti
Houart, 1991b: 230
, figs 5-6, 17-18, 47, 68.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Fiji
. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1360,
17°60’S
,
178°48’E
,
402-444 m
,
1 lv
(juv.)
.
DISTRIBUTION. —
New Caledonia
and
Fiji
(new record), live in
402-444 m
.
REMARKS. —
Siphonochelus boucheti
differs from
S. japonicus
(which co-occurs with it in
Fiji
, see below) in having more shouldered whorls and a more globose, comparatively large protoconch. In
S. boucheti
the varices are strongly shouldered and the anal tubes are somewhat separated from the varices, while in
S. japonicus
the varices are rounded, more strongly curved backwards, and the anal tubes are flatter and broader and not separated from the varices.