Daphnellopsis lamellosus Schepman, 1913

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 462

Daphnellopsis lamellosus Schepman, 1913

Fig. 5D

Daphnellopsis lamellosus Schepman, 1913: 449 , pl. 30, figs 10 a-c.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1363, 18°12’S, 178°33’E, 144-150 m, 1 dd juv. (Fig. 5D); stn DW 1365, 18°13’S, 178°32’E, 295-302 m, 2 dd juv; stn CP 1366, 18°12’S, 178°33’E, 149-168 m, 2 dd juv .

DISTRIBUTION. — Savu Sea , Indonesia, in 247 m (type locality), and Fiji (new record), shells in 150-295 m.

REMARKS. — Daphnellopsis lamellosus differs from D. fimbriatus in having a more elongated, narrow shell with weakly shouldered whorls. The spiral cords are comparatively narrower, more uniform and more widely spaced. The axial lamellae are lower and the teleoconch whorls are comparatively higher. The protoconch is shorter, with flatter whorls. Daphnellopsis lamellosus was until now only known from the type material illustrated by Houart (1995a). The discovery of this species in the Fiji archipelago confirms the differences between the two species, noted by Houart (1995a).