Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga
Author
Houart, Roland
John T. Huber
Author
Héros, Virginie
John T. Huber
text
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2008
196
437
480
journal article
978-2-85653-614-8
1243-4442
Vokesimurex kiiensis
(Kira, 1959)
Fig. 1H
Murex kiiensis
Kira, 1959: 58
, pl. 23, fig. 10.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
Fiji
. BORDAU 1: stn DW 1494,
18°55’S
,
178°29’W
,
240-319 m
,
1 lv
, 1 dd
.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Japan
, the
Philippines
and now
Fiji
(new record), live in
240-319 m
.
REMARKS. —
Vokesimurex kiiensis
has a conical, multispiral protoconch, short, blunt, shoulder spines, and crowded, short, blunt spines (ADP, MP, ABP and occasionally EAB1; see Table 1 for explanation of terms) at the base of the siphonal canal.