Calliotropis eucheloides B.A. Marshall, 1979

(Figure 4 D–F)

Calliotrochus eucheloides B.A. Marshall, 1979: 527, fig. 3A–C. Poppe et al., 2006: 63. Vilvens, 2006: 62, figs 24–27. Vilvens, 2007: 46, figs 138–155, 160, 161. Type loc.: E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, 366–402 m; holotype in NMNZ (MF 30813).

Distribution. South-western Pacific to Madagascar and south to southern Transkei (Stony Point); local material 120–450 m (living 295–420 m).

Notes. The occurrence of this species off South Africa was first mentioned by Vilvens (2006: 62). The present material is certainly conspecific with that from Madagascar (Vilvens 2006), but the whorls are less convex than in the type material from Kermadec Islands. Vilvens (2007) believed that the species is a highly variable one in terms of conchological characters and that it is widespread in the south and west Pacific, and the western Indian Ocean.