Chicomurex turschi ( Houart, 1981 )

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 446-447

publication ID	978-2-85653-614-8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491341
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18E62-6E1E-D21B-FEC4-F98EFCF4E2A8
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scientific name	Chicomurex turschi ( Houart, 1981 )
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Chicomurex turschi ( Houart, 1981) View in CoL

Fig. 2B

Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi Houart, 1981: 186 View in CoL , figs 1-6.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1364, 18°12’S, 178°35’E, 100-122 m, 1 dd (Fig. 2B) GoogleMaps .

18°12’S, 178°35’E, 80-86 m, 1 dd. — BORDAU 1: stn DW 1453, Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn CP 582, 18°41’S, 174°03’W, 79-82 m, 16°45’S, 179°59’E, 414-510 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps . — SUVA 4: stn DW 04, 2 lv juv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific : known from Zululand ( South Africa), southern Madagascar, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga (new records), shells in 86-414 m, live in 79-82 m.

REMARKS. — The shell is small, reaching a maximum length of 40 mm, with a paucispiral protoconch. The last whorl bears 3 squamose varices, slightly webbed abapically.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Neogastropoda
Family	Muricidae
Genus	Chicomurex