Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 499

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491402
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scientific name	Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008
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Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008 View in CoL

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Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008: 575 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 8-10.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 20896 About MNHN and 8 paratypes (lv and dd) MNHN 20897-29001 About MNHN .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Marquesas, Nuku Hiva Is., 8°45’S, 140°15’W, 260 m, [MUSORSTOM 9: stn CP 1176].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — North of New Caledonia. BATHUS 1198, Hiva Oa Is., 9°50’S, 139°09’W, 290-320 m, 1 lv (paratype 4: stn DW 927, Grand Passage, 18°56’S, 163°22’E, 444-452 m, 1 MNHN 20899 About MNHN ); stn DW 1201, 9°51’S, 139°09’W, 275-300 m, 3 lv, dd; stn CP 928, 18°55’S, 163°24’E, 420-452 m, 1 dd (Fig. 16). 1 dd (paratypes MNHN 20900 About MNHN ); stn DW 1287, Hatutaa Is., 7°55’S, Norfolk Ridge. BATHUS 3: stn CP 811, Banc Jumeau Ouest, 140°40’W, 163-245 m, lv (paratype MNHN 20901 About MNHN ); stn DW 1288, 23°41’S, 168°15’E, 383-408 m, 2 dd. Ua Huka Is., 8°54’S, 139°38’W, 200-220 m, 1 lv (paratype MNHN Marquesas Islands. MUSORSTOM 9: stn CP 1176, Nuku Hiva Is., 20897) and 1 dd; stn CP 1300, 8°49.’S, 140°17’W, 416-430 m, 1 8°45’S, 140°15’W, 260 m, 1 lv (holotype MNHN 20896 About MNHN ); stn DR dd (paratype MNHN 20898 About MNHN ) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Marquesas Islands , live in 220-416 m, and New Caledonia and Norfolk Ridge, empty shells in 408-444 m.

REMARKS. — Planktotrophic development was assumed based on traces of the protoconch of one paratype ( Oliverio 2008). It is similar to C. fritschi (Martens, 1874) in the pattern of teleoconch sculpture and the general shell outline, but differs in its less slender outline, in having coarser sculpture and a less constricted base. From C. roseocephala Kosuge, 1986 , it differs in its less slender spire with more convex whorls. From C. nivea (A. Adams, 1853) it differs in its coarser spiral sculpture of more closely set cords and its less slender spire with a more pronounced shoulder and incised suture.