Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 487-488

Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

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Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) radula A. Adams, 1855: 137 .

Synonyms:

Coralliophila neritoidea Oliver, 1915: 536 (non C. neritoidea ( Gmelin, 1791)) .

Coralliophila pyriformis Kira, 1959: 64 , pl. 25, fig. 12.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Rhizochilus radula : holotype BMNH 1967928, figured by Kaicher (1985: 4062) , Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 41, fig. 5) and Higo et al. (2001: 65, fig. G2382). — Coralliophila pyriformis : 2 syntypes OMNH-Mo 6498-6499 (6498 figured by Kira 1959; Kosuge & Suzuki 1985: pl. 41, fig. 6).

TYPE LOCALITY. — R. radula : China. — C. pyriformis : the 2 syntypes are labelled “Kii Province” ( Wakayama Prefecture , 6498) and “Tosa Province” (Kōchi Prefecture, 6499) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Coral Sea. MUSORSTOM 5: stn 22°41’S, 166°44’E, 26 m, 1 dd; stn 542, Lagon Nord, 19°06’S, 264, Banc Capel, 25°20’S, 159°44’E, 56 m, 1 dd . — CORAIL 163°10’E, 50 m, 1 dd; stn 1105, Secteur des Belep , 19°40’S, 2: stn DW 71, Plateau des Chesterfield, 19°15’S, 158°24’E, 55 163°57’E, 25 m, 1 dd; stn 1189, 19°32’S, 163°34’E, 20 m, 2 m, 1 dd; stn DW 84. 19°12’S, 158°57’E, 16-26 m, 1 dd; stn lv . — PLOUVEAL: stn 1231, Lagon d’Ouvéa , 20°31’S, 163°23’E, CP 90, 19°03’S, 158°56’E, 44-48 m, 1 dd; stn DW 97, 19°06’S, 23 m, 1 lv . — EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1270, Secteur 158°38’E, 32 m, 1 dd; stn CP 127, 19°28’S, 158°27’E, 44-45 m, de Touho, 20°45’S, 165°16.5’E, 10-35 m, 1 dd juv; stn 1271, 2 dd (Fig. 3); stn DW 163, 19°41’S, 158°16’E, 23 m, 1 lv; stn 20°52.7’S, 165°19.5’E, 5-25 m, 1 dd .

DW 163, 19°41’S, 158°16’E, 23 m, 1 lv. Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 430, 20°21’S, New Caledonia proper. LAGON: stn 79, Ile Ouen-Baie du 166°07’E, 30 m, 1 lv.

Prony, 22°29’S, 166°29’E, 16 m, 1 lv; stn 99, Ile Ouen, Baie du Many additional lots from Red Sea, Madagascar, Indonesia, Phil- Prony, 22°33’S, 166°35’E, 14 m, 1 dd; stn 296, Grand Récif Sud, ippines and Cook Islands, in BAU and MO.

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific. The Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, including eastern Arabia among corals ( Bosch et al. 1995). From central Japan (Izu Peninsula and southwards, 10-50 m on corals; Higo et al. 2001) to Philippines, Kermadec Islands and northeast New Zealand (3-29 m living on hermatypic corals; Brook 1999, Marshall & Oliverio in prep.) and Australia (Wilson 1994). From the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, live in 16-30 m, empty shells down to 56 m.

REMARKS. — Molecular data (Oliverio & Mariottini unpublished) confirm its close relationship to C. violacea .