Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 514-516

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Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 View in CoL

Fig. 44

Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004: 148 View in CoL , figs 1-3.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 2214 About MNHN and 1 paratype (lv) MNHN 2215 About MNHN .

FIGS 41-51. Teleoconchs of Coralliophila s.l. and Rhizochilus . 41, 42, C. pulchella (A. Adams, 1854) ; 41, BATHUS 1 stn DW 692, H 11.8 mm; 42, CHALCAL 2 stn DW 83, H 12.6 mm. 43, C. carolae D’Attilio & Myers, 1984 , LAGON stn 933, H 20.0 mm. 44, C. rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 , holotype MNHN 2214, SMIB 3 stn DW 29, H 19.9 mm. 45, C. crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913), MUSORSTOM 8 stn DW 1042, H 12.9 mm. 46, C. nodosa (A. Adams, 1854) , CHALCAL 2 stn DW 71, H 14.8 mm. 47, C. fimbriata (A. Adams, 1954) , LAGON stn 640, H 16.9 mm. 48, C. robillardi (Lienard, 1870) , EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER stn 1319, H 9.7 mm; 49, LIFOU 2000 stn 1459, H 7.7 mm. 50, 51, Rhizochilus cf. antipathum Steenstrup, 1850 ; 50, LIFOU 2000 stn DW 1650, H 12.0 mm; 51, LIFOU 2000 stn 1466, H 9.4 mm.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Southern New Caledonia, 22°47’S, 167°12’E, 405 m [SMIB 3: stn DW 29] GoogleMaps .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Known only from the type material.

DISTRIBUTION. — Southern New Caledonia, live in 405 m.

REMARKS. — It is diagnosed, among the species with imbricate sculpture, by its large and expanded last whorl, with rounded teleoconch whorls, and regular adult growth.

Coralliophila crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913) Fig. 45

Pseudomurex crebrilamellosus G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913: 559.

Synonym:

Coralliophila zuluensis Barnard, 1959: 192 View in CoL , fig. 39b.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Pseudomurex crebrilamellosus : syntype BMNH 1914.1 .7.274, figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985, pl. 25, fig. 9) and Higo et al. (2001: 67, fig. G2419) . — Coralliophila zuluensis : holotype SAM, Kosuge (1986b: pl. 27, fig. 7) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — P. crebrilamellosus: Kii Peninsula, central Honshū , Japan . — C. zuluensis : off O’Neill Peak, 164 m [90 fms], Zululand , eastern South Africa .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8: stn DW 1042, 16°53’S, 168°28’E, 200-260 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indian Ocean : eastern South Africa ( Kosuge 1986b, 2008). Pacific Ocean : from Japan southward to South China Sea and the Philippines (Tsuchiya 2000). Vanuatu, an empty shell in 200-260 m. Southeastern range extension in the Pacific .

REMARKS. — This species and the next one have often been reported in the genus Mipus de Gregorio, 1885 , here used in a restricted sense.