Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific) Author Oliverio, Marco Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Rome University, “ La Sapienza ”, Viale dell’Università 32, I- 00185 Rome (Italy) marco. oliverio @ uniroma 1. it text Zoosystema 2009 2009-12-31 31 4 759 789 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n4a2 journal article 8158 10.5252/z2009n4a2 e6fe093f-6002-4668-ae64-b656f2f7acfc 1638-9387 4520186 Babelomurex santacruzensis Kosuge, 1980 ( Fig. 7F, G ) Latiaxis santacruzensis Emerson & D’Attilio, 1970: 272 , 273, pl. 40, figs 1-4. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype ( AMNH 155901 ). — Paratypes ( AMNH 155902 ; LACM 1234 [1 dry]) 88- 134 m , off Isla Santa Fe ( Barrington ), Islas Galapagos ( 0°43’S , 90°01’W , RV Velero III, 26.I.1938 ), and in the collections De Roy and D’Attilio ( Emerson & D’Attilio 1970: 273 ) . TYPE LOCALITY. — Galapagos Islands , Ecuador . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Th e type material and: BENTHAUS, stn DW 1904, Banc NE of Rapa , 27°26.5’S , 144°03.4’W , 600-900 m , 1 dd ( Fig. 7F, G ). Galapagos Islands , imprecise collecting data, 2 lv (dealer source: MO). DISTRIBUTION. — Previously considered endemic to the Galapagos Islands ( Emerson & D’Attilio 1970 ; Keen 1971 ). Range extension to Austral Islands in the Indo-Pacific ecoregion, one empty shell in 600- 900 m . REMARKS The single shell collected is worn, partly broken and lacks the tip. It is however perfectly concordant with the type material. Th e paratype AMNH 155902 and one specimen in MO coll., have usable protoconchs of 2.5+ and 2.6 whorls, respectively, which allow inferring a planktotrophic development for this species.