Dentalium oryx Boissevain, 1906

Scarabino, Victor, 2008, New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 215-268 : 219-220

Dentalium oryx Boissevain, 1906

Dentalium oryx - Scarabino 1995: 205, figs 13, 16k, 71d. Material cited: 31 lots (87 spms) from the Chesterfield Plateau, New Caledonia, and Loyalty Islands, live in 410- 965 m.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. — North of New Caledonia. 20°17’S, 163°50’E, 580 m, 1 dd .

PALEO-SURPRISE: stn DW 1391, Atoll de Surprise , 18°30’S, New Caledonia proper. HALIPRO 1: stn 866, 21°26’S, 163°03’E, 365 m, 9 lv, 22 dd . — BATHUS 4: stn DW 887, Passe 166°17’E, 550-600 m, 2 dd . — BATHUS 2: stn DW 724, Ile de Duroc , 21°07’S, 164°28’E, 320-344 m, 4 dd; stn DW 888, des Pins , 22°48’S, 167°26’E, 344-358 m, 2 dd; stn DW 730, 21°01’S, 164°27’E, 430-436 m, 5 dd; stn DW 915, 18°51’S, 23°03’S, 166°58’E, 397-400 m, 2 lv, 5 dd; stn DW 731, Passe 163°17’E, 575-580 m, 1 dd; stn CP 900, Passe de Poum, de Kouaré, 22°49’S, 166°45’E, 300-370 m, 5 dd; stn DW 733, 22°55’S, 166°49’E, 520 m, 2 lv; stn DW 739, Passe de Bou- 7 dd . — BATHUS 4: stn DW 885, Passe de St Vincent , 22°05’S, lari, 22°35’S, 166°27’E, 465-525 m 2 lv, 14 dd; stn DW 740, 165°58’E, 250-300 m, 2 dd .

22°36’S, 166°27’E, 570-605 m, 1 dd; stn CP 742, 22°33’S, Norfolk Ridge. BATHUS 3: stn DW 818, Banc Jumeau Ouest, 166°26’E, 340-470 m, 2 dd; stn DW 743, 22°36’S, 166°26’E, 23°44’S, 168°16’E, 394-410 m, 1 dd . — NORFOLK 1: stn DW 713-950 m, 1 dd; stn DW 747, 22°30’S, 166°24’E, 574 m, 4 1679, Banc Kaimon-Maru, 24°43’S, 168°10’E, 298-324 m, 1 lv. dd; stn DW 757, Passe de Dumbéa , 22°20’S, 166°13’E, 330 m, — SMIB 8: stn DW 163, 24°50’S, 168°09’E, 310-460 m, 1 dd; 9 dd; stn DW 758, 22°18.37’S, 166°10.51’E, 377-386 m, 11 stn DW 189, 23°18’S, 168°05’E, 400-402 m, 1 dd .

dd. — BATHUS 3: stn DW 838, 23°01’S, 166°56’E, 400-402 m,

DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: southwest Indian Ocean , Indonesia, Philippines, New Caledonia; live in 216- 965 m. Distribution in the New Caledonian region : Chesterfield Islands; Bellona Plateau; New Caledonia: from Atoll de Surprise (18°S) in the north to the Norfolk Ridge (25° S); live in 324-965 m.