Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003

(Figs 5–10)

Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003: 104, text fig. A, figs 3–5, 24, 31.

Type material

Holotype MNHN Moll 4544 (41.5mm), Chile, Antofagasta, 1000m, muddy bottom; paratype RH (16.5mm­juvenile­), Chile, Antofagasta, 1300m, 23°38’S, 70°25’W.

Additional material examined

R/V AGOR Vidal Gormáz, off Concepción, Chile, (Sta. AGT 1, 11/30/2003), 36°21.46’S, 73°44.08’W, 930m, 1 lv (juvenile) (28.70mm) (JS); off Coquimbo, 600m, 1dd (38.65mm) (RH); trawled off Caldera, III Región, 434m,1dd (43.9mm) (coll. E. Garcia, nr 25029).

Remarks

All shells are very similar. The new material extends the geographical distribution from Antofagasta (23°38.60’S) to Concepción (36°21.46’S), from 434–1300m (all dd).