Dentalium variabile Deshayes, 1825

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 variabile Deshayes, 1825

Dentalium variabile - Scarabino 1995: 200, figs 8, 16d-e. Material cited: 12 lots (29 spms) from the Chesterfield Plateau and New Caledonia, live in 10- 20 m.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia proper. 166°20.7’E, 10 m, 12 dd; stn 1370, 22°19.4’S, 166°20.8’E, Koumac. EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1304, 20°38.6’S, 21 m, 1 dd .

164°13.2’E, 12-15 m, 1 lv, 1 dd; stn 1306, 20°39.1’S, 164°12.4’E, Loyalty Islands. Ouvéa. PLOUVEAL: stn 1221, 20°29’S, 11-13 m, 5 lv, 11 dd; stn 1319, 20°44.7’S, 164°15.5’E, 15-20 m, 166°31’E, 10 m, 1 lv . — Lifou. LIFOU 2000: stn 1413, Baie du 1 lv. Nouméa. EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1347, Grand Santal, 20°55.3’S, 167°05.0’E, 3-10 m, 8 lv, 3 dd; stn 1463, Récif Aboré, 22°23.6’S, 166°20.1’E, 10 m, 1 lv, 4 dd; stn 1367, ilot 20°55.05’S, 167°03.35’E, 20-30 m, 1 dd.

Goéland, 22°24’S, 166°21’E, 10 m, 8 dd; stn 1368, 22°24.3’S,

DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: Japan, China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Réunion, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, live in 10-20 m, shells in 3-75 m (Scarabino 1995). Distribution in the New Caledonian region : Chesterfield Plateau; New Caledonia: west coast only; Loyalty Islands: Lifou, Ouvéa; live in 10-25 m, shells down to 75 m.