Murexsul charcoti (Houart, 1991)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 454

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scientific name

Murexsul charcoti (Houart, 1991)
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Murexsul charcoti (Houart, 1991) View in CoL

Fig. 4D

Muricopsis (Murexsul) charcoti Houart, 1991a: 35 View in CoL , figs 10-11, 46-47.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. BORDAU 1: stn DW 1469, 19°40’S, 178°10’W, 314-377 m, 2 dd GoogleMaps .

Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1615, 23°03’S, 175°53’W, 482-504 m, 2 dd (Fig. 4D).

DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia, now Fiji and Tonga (new records), live in New Caledonia in 310-440 m

REMARKS. — Murexsul charcoti is a very small species, not exceeding 8 mm in length. It was originally described from and was previously known only from New Caledonia.

HOUART R. 1991 a. - Description of thirteen new species of Muricidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Murexsul