Trophonopsis polycyma Kuroda 1953
| Main Authors: | Houart, Roland, Héros, Virginie |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2008
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5491378 |
Daftar Isi:
- Trophonopsis polycyma Kuroda, 1953 Fig. 5I Trophonopsis polycyma Kuroda, 1953: 187, fig. 1. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. BORDAU 1: stn DW 1486, 19°01’S, 178°26’W, 395-540 m, 2 lv (Fig. 5I), 20 dd; stn DW 1488, 19°01’S, 178°25’W, 500-516 m, 53 dd. DISTRIBUTION. — Japan: Sagami Bay, the sea of Enshu-nada, Kii Peninsula (Tsuchiya 2000); Fiji (new record), live in 395-540 m. REMARKS. — Trophonopsis polycyma was recorded previously by Houart (1985: 246) from Mayotte and Madagascar in the southwestern Indian Ocean. However, we have now found that there are a small number of consistent differences between the Fijian and Indian Ocean specimens, which has led to a reexamination of the entire material, and it is concluded that the Indian Ocean specimens represent a distinct, unnamed species with more numerous axial lamellae, a more globose last teleoconch whorl and more obvious spiral sculpture. Trophonopsis polycyma was not previously recorded from the Fiji archipelago.
- Published as part of Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, pp. 437-480 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 on page 466