Dentalium scarabinoi Steiner & Kabat, 2004

Scarabino, Victor, 2008, New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 215-268 : 221

Dentalium scarabinoi Steiner & Kabat, 2004

Dentalium scarabinoi Steiner & Kabat, 2004: 591 (replacement name for D. flavum Scarabino, 1995 , non D. flavum Henderson, 1920 ).

Dentalium flavum Scarabino, 1995: 212 , figs 19, 28c, e. Junior primary homonym of Dentalium flavum Henderson, 1920 . Material cited: 4 lots (17 spms) from Chesterfield Plateau, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Norfolk Ridge, live in 350- 487 m.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. — North of New Caledonia. 1 lv, 8 dd; stn DW 164, 24°49’S, 168°09’E, 300-350 m, 4 dd; stn BATHUS 4: stn DW 926, Grand Passage, 18°57’S, 163°25’E, DW 189, 23°18’S, 168°05’E, 400-402 m, 3 dd . — NORFOLK 1: 325-330 m, 2 dd. stn DW 1651, Banc N, 23°27’S, 167°50’E, 276-350 m, 3 lv, 2 dd; Norfolk Ridge. BATHUS 3: stn DW 807, Banc Jumeau Ouest, stn DW 1684, Banc Éponge, 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 508-541 m, 1 23°40’S, 167°59’E, 420-438 m, 4 dd; stn DW 818, 23°44’S, dd; stn DW 1691, 24°54’S, 168°22’E, 509-513 m, 2 dd; stn DW 168°16’E, 394-401 m, 1 lv; stn DW 829, 23°21’S, 168°02’E, 1704, 23°45’S, 168°16’E, 400-420 m, 1 lv; stn DW 1707, Banc 386-390 m, 3 dd . — SMIB 8: stn DW 146-147, 24°55’S, 168°22’E, Jumeau-Est , 23°43’S, 168°164 E, 381-493 m, 1 dd .

508-532 m, 6 dd; stn DW 152, 24°54’S, 168°22’E, 514-530 m,

DISTRIBUTION. — Coral Sea (Bellona); north of New Caledonia: Huon, Belep ; south of New Caledonia: Norfolk Ridge ; Loyalty Islands; live in 330-514 m.