Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 445

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978-2-85653-614-8

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scientific name

Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
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Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973) View in CoL

Pterynotus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973: 5 View in CoL , pl. 2, figs 7-8.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn DW 1333, 16°50’S, 178°13’E, 200-215 m, 1 dd (damaged); stn DW 1384, 18°19’S, 178°06’E, 260-305 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific: Reunion, Mauritius, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Caledonia, Fiji (new record), shells in 215-260 m, and Tubuaï.

REMARKS. — The shell of C. orchidiflorus bears 3 finely folded, wing-like varices, with adapical and abapical parts of

the wings either separate or joined by a thin webbing.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Chicoreus

Loc

Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008
2008
Loc

Pterynotus orchidiflorus

Shikama 1973: 5
1973
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