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 squamulosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Figs 2, 146, 147
Purpura squamulosa
Reeve, 1846
: pl. 12, fig. 68.
TYPE MATERIAL. —
Syntype
BMNH 1984098
, figured by
Kosuge
&
Suzuki
(1985: pl. 41, fig. 11)
.
TYPE
LOCALITY. — Ticao,
Philippines
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
New Caledonia
proper
. LAGON: stn 726,
Secteur
de Canala
,
21°20’S
,
165°55’E
,
50-51 m
, 1 dd (Figs
2, 146, 147).
DISTRIBUTION. —
Tropical
and subtropical
West Pacific. From
southern
Japan
(Kii Peninsula and southwards, intertidal to
20 m
depth
on corals;
Higo
et al
. 2001
) to
Philippines
(Reeve 1846). The present material constitutes the southernmost record,
New Caledonia
, 1 empty shell in
50-51 m
.
REMARKS. — Protoconch partly eroded, of 2.5+ whorls, 580+ Μm high, 760 Μm wide at the base, with sculpture mostly abraded Axial threads visible on the last protoconch whorl.