Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 448

publication ID	978-2-85653-614-8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491348
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scientific name	Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979
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Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979 View in CoL

Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979: 1 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 1-7.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1389, 18°19’S, 178°05’E, 241-417 m, 1 dd juv (damaged); stn CP 1390, 18°19’S, 178°05’E, 234-361 m, 1 lv juv GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Philippines and now Fiji (new record), shell in 241-417 m, live in 234-361 m.

REMARKS. — Both specimens dredged off Fiji are juveniles but are readily identifiable by the protoconch, which has 1½ - 1¾ whorls, and by the morphology of the first teleoconch whorls, which have thin axial lamellae, webbed varices and broad spiral cords.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Neogastropoda
Family	Muricidae
Genus	Pterynotus