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 Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 Figs 76, 176, 217 Babelomurex virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004: 149 , figs 5-6. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 2190 and 9 paratypes (dd) MNHN 2202-2209 . TYPE LOCALITY. — Norfolk Ridge , 23°42’S , 167°59’E , 338 m [SMIB 3: stn DW 18] . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia proper . LAGON: dd ( paratype MNHN 2207 ) .— SMIB 8: stns DW154 to DW159, stn 395, Grand Récif Sud , 22°48’S , 167°08’E , 313 m , 1 dd. 24°46’S , 168°08’E , 235-300 m , 1 dd ( paratype MNHN 2209 ). Norfolk Ridge . SMIB 3: stn DW 8, 24°45’S , 168°08’E , 233 m , — LITHIST: stn CP 17, 23°41’S , 168°01’E , 247-281 m , 1 dd 1 dd ( paratype MNHN 2202 ); stn DW 18, 23°42’S , 167°59’E , ( paratype MNHN 2208 ) . 338 m , 1 lv ( holotype MNHN 2190 , Fig. 217) . — SMIB 4: Loyalty Ridge . SMIB 5: stn DW 93, 22°20’S , 168°42’E , 255 m , 1 stn DW 41, 24°44’S , 168°09’E , 230-235 m , 1 dd ( paratype dd. MUSORSTOM 6 stn DW 407, 20°41’S , 167°07’E , 360 m , 1 MNHN 2203 ); stn DW 44, 24°46’S , 168°08’E , 270-300 m , 1 dd; stn DW 471, 21°08’S , 167°54’E , 460 m , 1 dd (Fig. 217) . dd ( paratype MNHN 2204 ) . — SMIB 5: stn DW 75, 23°41’S , New Hebrides Arc .VOLSMAR: stn DW 17, Hunter and Matthew 168°01’E , 270 m , 1 dd ( paratype MNHN 2205 ); stn DW 77, Islands, 22°23’S , 171°41’E , 260-300 m , 1 dd . 23°41’S , 168°01’E , 270 m , 2 dd ( paratypes MNHN 2206 , Fig. Fiji . BORDAU 1: stn DW 1469, 19°40’S , 178°10’W , 314-377 m , 76) . — CHALCAL 2: stn DW 71, 24°42’S , 168°10’E , 230 m , 1 2 dd; stn DW 1473, 19°43’E , 178°10’W , 270-288, 1 dd juv. DISTRIBUTION. — Southern New Caledonia and the area between the Loyalty and Norfolk Ridges and Fiji , live in 338 m , empty shells in 230-460 m . REMARKS. — Protoconch of 2.3+ conical whorls, 630+ Μm high, 760 Μm wide at base. Protoconch-I of about 1+ whorls, sculptured with pustules over the entire visible surface. Protoconch-II of about 1.3 whorls, with 2 spiral keels, FIGS 73-87 . Teleoconchs of Babelomurex . 73 , B. armatus (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1912), MUSORSTOM 6 stn CP 400, H 27.0 mm. 74 , B. shingomarumai (Kosuge, 1981) , Fiji , BORDAU 1 stn DW 1472, H 16.2 mm. 75 , B. purpuraterminus ( Kosuge, 1979 ) , SMIB 5 stn DW 95, H 14.1 mm. 76 , B. virginiae Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 , paratype MNHN 2206, SMIB 5 stn DW 77, H 20 mm . 77 , B. natalabies n. sp. , holotype MNHN 20841, CHALCAL 2 stn DW 81, H 16.4 mm. 78-80 , Babelomurex pallox n. sp. 78 , holotype MNHN 20220, SMIB 8 stn DW 159, H 14.2 mm; 79 , paratype MNHN 20222, SMIB 8 stn DW 154-159, H 16.7 mm; 80 , paratype MNHN 20231, BERYX 11 stn DW 18, H 24.8 mm. 81 , B. nakayasui ( Shikama, 1970 ) , SMIB 8 stn DW 159, H 16.7 mm. 82 , B. cf. tuberosus ( Kosuge, 1980 ) , SMIB 8 stn DW 181, H 9.9 mm. 83 , B. tosanus (Hirase, 1908) , MUSORSTOM 8 stn CP 970, H 29.1 mm. 84 , B. lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882) , MUSORSTOM 6 stn CP 467, H 41.5 mm. 85, 86 , B. spinosus (Hirase, 1908) . 85 , MUSORSTOM 6 CP 454, H 15.4 mm; 86 , MUSORSTOM 6 stn 456, H 17.7 mm. 87 , B. princeps ( Melvill, 1912 ) , MUSORSTOM 8 stn CP 1085, H 40.3 mm. sculptured with subsutural prosocline threads, and 2 series of opisthocline threads between the keels and above the suture. Threads tending to fuse, to give rise to opisthocline, nodulose collabral ribs.