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 Mipus matsumotoi Kosuge, 1985 Fig. 133 Mipus matsumotoi Kosuge, 1985: 46-47 , pl. 16, figs 4-5, 7. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype TA 1925 , figured by Higo et al. (2001: 67 G2424). TYPE LOCALITY. — Tosa Bay , Kōchi Prefecture , Shikoku , Japan , 180 m . MATERIAL EXAMINED.— New Caledonia proper . MUSORSTOM 550 m , 1 dd (Fig. 133). 4: stn CP 236, 22°11’S , 167°15E , 495-550 m , 1 lv . Vanuatu . MUSORSTOM 8: stn DW 972, 19°22’S , 168°28’E , 487- Loyalty Ridge . VOLSMAR: stn DW 37, 22°23’S , 168°43’E , 500- 507, 1 dd; stn CP 984, 19°20’S , 169°26’E , 480-544 m , 1 dd. DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Japan “in 150-200 m deep” (Tsuchiya 2000) and Natal, South Africa ( Kosuge 1992 ). Norfolk Ridge and Kermadec Islands , 465-756 m , live in 530-756 m ( Marshall & Oliverio in prep.). New Caledonia , Loyalty Ridge and Vanuatu , live in 495-550 m , empty shells in 500-507 m . First record in southwest Pacific . REMARKS. — Mipus matsumotoi is distinguished by its high spire and the absence of axial ribs on the last whorl.