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
Pagodula plicilaminata
(Verco, 1909)
Fig. 5H
Trophon plicilaminatus
Verco, 1909: 335
, pl. 24, figs 1-2.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Fiji
. MUSORSTOM 10: stn DW 1314, 5H), 10 dd; stn CC 1337,
17°03’S
,
177°47’E
,
635-670 m
, 2
17°16’S
,
178°15’E
,
656-660 m
, 7 dd; stn CP 1330,
17°10’S
, dd; stn DW 1345,
17°15’S
,
178°30’E
,
660-663 m
, 6 dd; stn CP
177°56’E
,
567-699 m
, 5 dd; stn CP 1331,
17°02’E
,
178°02’E
, 1353,
17°31’S
,
178°53’E
,
879-897 m
,
6 lv
, 22 dd; stn CP 1354, 694-
703 m
, 2 dd; stn CP 1332,
16°56’S
,
178°08’E
,
640-687 m
,
17°43’S
,
178°55’E
,
959-963 m
, 4 dd
.
4 dd; stn CC 1336,
16°58’S
,
177°58’S
,
797-799 m
,
3 lv
(Fig.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Indonesia
(
Kai Islands
),
South Australia
, the
Coral Sea
, southern
New Caledonia
and
Fiji
(new record), live in
799-879 m
.
REMARKS. — Very young specimens of
Pagodula obtuselirata
and
P. plicilaminata
are difficult to separate because they have a similar protoconch and nearly identical morphology of the first and second teleoconch whorls. Therefore a misidentification is always possible in juveniles. Adult specimens of
P. plicilaminata
are comparatively smaller than
P. obtuselirata
with more numerous axial lamellae on the last teleoconch whorl and a shorter siphonal canal.
Pagodula plicilaminata
was transfered to
Pagodula
, together with
P. obtuselirata
and other species, by
Houart (2001)
.