Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific Author Oliverio, Marco John T. Huber text Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2008 196 481 586 journal article 978-2-85653-614-8 1243-4442 Coralliophila bulbiformis ( Conrad, 1837 ) Figs 4, 148 Purpura bulbiformis Conrad, 1837: 266 , pl. 20, fig. 23. Synonyms: Purpura gibbosa Reeve, 1846 : sp. 78. Coralliophila cantrainei Montrouzier in Souverbie, 1861: 282, pl. 11, fig. 11. Coralliophila elaborata H. & A. Adams, 1863: 433 . Coralliophila nivea Oliver 1915: 536 ( non A. Adams, 1853 ). Coralliophila erosa Kay 1979: 255 , fig. 90B ( non Röding, 1798). TYPE MATERIAL. — Purpura bulbiformis : not found. — Purpura gibbosa : 3 possible syntypes BMNH 1984102 , none of which matches the original illustration (K.M. Way pers. comm.), 1 figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 47, fig. 2) . — Coralliophila cantrainei : Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 47, fig. 1) figured an alleged “ syntype ” from MNHN ; actually there are 4 specimens “ ex. d’auteur ” (determined by the author - Montrouzier - yet not type material) in MNHN ; the holotype should be in the Musée de Bordeaux . — Coralliophila elaborata : lectotype (“type”, Kosuge & Suzuki 1985, pl. 37, fig. 8) BMNH 1982057 /1, 2 paralectotypes BMNH 1982057 /2-3 . TYPE LOCALITY. — P. bulbiformis : Kauai [“Atooi”], Hawaiian Islands. — P. gibbosa : no locality reported. — C. cantrainei : Art Island, New Caledonia . — C. elaborata : Hawaii. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Philippines . Between Bohol and tal, 20°49.9’S , 167°08.3’E , 1-4 m 1 dd; stn 1421, 20°52.4’S , Cebu , 50-150 m , G. Poppe , 3 dd. 167°08.5’E , 4 m , 1 dd; stn 1422, 20°47.1’S , 167°07.04’E , Coral Sea. CORAIL 2: stn CP 90, Plateau des Chesterfield , 4 m , 1 lv ; stn 1423, 20°54’S , 167°07.3’E , 12 m , 2 dd; stn 19°03’S , 158°56’E , 44-48 m , 1 dd; stn DW 99, 19°06’S , 1424, 20°54.9’S , 167°03’E , 4 m , 1 dd; stn 1425, 20°46.8’S , 158°31’E , 52 m , 1 dd; stn DW 166, 19°41’S , 158°25’E , 56 m , 167°07.2’E , 4-5 m , 2 dd; stn 1429, 20°47.5’S , 167°07.1’E , 8-18 1 dd (Fig. 4). m, 1 dd; stn 1432, 20°53.5’S , 167°02.7’E , 12-32 m , 3 dd (Fig. North of New Caledonia . PALEO-SURPRISE: stn DW 1381, 148); stn 1434, 20°52.5’S , 167°08.1’E , 5-20 m , 1 dd; stn 1435, 18°29’S , 163°04’E , 32-36 m , 1 lv . 20°55.2’S , 167°00.7’E , 5-30 m , 1 dd juv; stn 1436, 20°55.5’S , New Caledonia proper . LAGON: stn 341, Grand Récif Sud, 167°04.2’E , 10-20 m , 1 lv , 2 dd; stn 1442, 20°46.4’S , 167°02’E , 22°49’S , 166°46’E , 19 m , 1 dd; stn 342, 22°51’S , 166°47’E , 47 m , 1 dd juv; stn 1443, 20°53.8’S , 167°07.3’E , 48-52 m , 1 55 m , 1 dd; stn 645, Secteur de Yaté , 21°50’S , 166°46’E , 51 m , dd; stn 1448, 20°45.8’S , 167°01.65’E , 20 m , 1 dd; stn 1449, 1 dd; stn 662, Secteur de Thio , 21°44’S , 166°32’E , 50 m , 1 dd. 20°45.8’S , 167°01.65’E , 17 m , 2 dd; stn 1451, 20°47.3’S , — EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1259, Secteur de Touho , 167°06.8’E , 10-21 m , 2 dd; stn 1452, 20°54.6’S , 167°02.1’E , 20°44.6’S , 165°13.7’E , 15-35 m , 1 dd; stn 1269, 20°35.1’S , 2-25 m , 2 dd. stn 1457, 20°46.8’S , 167°02.75’E , 5-10 m , 1 lv , 1 165°08.1’E , 15-20 m , 3 dd; stn 1271, 20°52.7’S , 165°19.5’E , dd juv; stn 1458, 20°46.7’S , 167°03.1’E , 17-24 m , 1 dd . 5-25 m , 5 dd; stn 1273, 20°50.4’S , 165°22.8’E , 20 m , 2 dd. Loyalty Ridg e. MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 442, 20°54’S , Loyalty Islands . Lifou. LIFOU 2000: stn 1417, Baie du San- 167°17’E , 200 m , 1 dd. DISTRIBUTION. — Throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Tropical Pacific, intertidal ( Cernohorsky 1978 ). Kermadec Islands , New Zealand , with hermatypic corals (Brook 1999: 453). From the Coral Sea , New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands , live in 4-32 m , empty shells down to 56 m , with an empty shell from Loyalty Ridge in 200 m (probably drifted from shallower habitat) . REMARKS. — Protoconch of 3.3 whorls, 700 Μm high and 720 Μm wide at the base. Protoconch-I of 1 whorl, sculptured with pustules over the entire surface. Protoconch-II of 2.3 whorls, with 2 spiral keels (the abapical starting on the second protoconch whorl, the adapical starting on the third), sculptured by a series of subsutural prosocline threads and a series of similar threads over each keel; the threads tend to fuse, giving rise to collabral riblets. A diffuse granulation is present in the interspaces.