New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific
Author
Houart, Roland
Research Associate Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique rue Vautier, 29, B- 1000 Bruxelles (Belgium) roland. houart @ skynet. be
houart@skynet.be
Author
Héros, Virginie
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département systématique & évolution case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 5 (France) malaco @ mnhn. fr
malaco@mnhn.fr
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Zoosystema
2012
2012-03-31
34
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n1a2
journal article
10.5252/z2012n1a2
1638-9387
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Leptotrophon minirotundus
(
Houart, 1986
)
n. comb.
(
Fig. 3K
)
Trophon
(
Trophonopsis
)
minirotundus
Houart, 1986: 438
, figs 4, 4a-b.
TYPE MATERIAL
. —
Holotype
(dd)
MNHN 24616
.
N
EW MATERIAL EXAMINED
(all
MNHN
). —
New Caledonia
. BATHUS 3: stn DW836, Norfolk Ridge,
23°02’S
,
166°59’E
,
295-306 m
, 1 dd. — Stn DW838, Norfolk Ridge,
23°01’S
,
166°56’E
,
400-402 m
, 1 dd.
TYPE
LOCALITY
. —
New Caledonia
,
22°30’S
,
166°24’E
,
250-
350 m
.
DISTRIBUTION. —
New Caledonia
, bathymetric range unknown for living specimens, empty shells in
306-
400 m
.
REMARKS
Examination of additional and more mature material since the original description and comparison with the
type
species and other species of
Leptotrophon
leads us to place
Trophon minirotundus
in
Leptotrophon
based solely on shell characters. The species has never been collected alive.