Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD 55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda) Author Simone, Luiz Ricardo L. Author Cunha, Carlo M. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, caixa postal 42494, 04218 - 970 São Paulo, SP (Brazil) lrsimone @ usp. br lrlsimone @ gmail. com lrsimone@usp.br text Zoosystema 2012 2012-12-31 34 4 745 781 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n4a6 journal article 10.5252/z2012n4a6 1638-9387 5166650 857CAD31-66E1-4CEE-AB4D-CCD64541D0EF Genus Erosaria Troschel, 1863 Erosaria acicularis ( Gmelin, 1791 ) ( Fig. 3A, B ) Synonymy: see Simone (2004: 42 , 43). Complement: Erosaria acicularis – Simone 2004: 42-48 , figs 7-10, 72, 154-173. — Simone & Gonçalves 2006: 13 , 14, figs 1-3. Cypraea ( Erosaria ) acicularis – Rios 2009: 132 , fig. 313. MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Brazil , Espírito Santo , off Itaúnas, continental slope of Abrolhos, 18°59’S , 37°48’W , 607-620 m depth, MNHN , 2 shells ( Fig. 3A, B ), MZSP 104060, 1 shell ( MD 55, stn DC 73, Bouchet, Leal & Métivier coll., 27. V .1987 ). MEASUREMENTS (in mm). — MNHN (1): 23.1 × 15.3.