Dentalium pluricostatum Boissevain, 1906

Scarabino, Victor, 2008, New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 215-268 : 220

Dentalium pluricostatum Boissevain, 1906

Dentalium pluricostatum - Scarabino 1995: 207, figs 15, 16m, 28k. Material cited: 101 lots (548 spms) from north of New Caledonia, New Caledonia proper, Norfolk Ridge and Loyalty Ridge, live in 9- 240 m.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia proper. 674, Grande Passe de Touho , 20°48’S, 165°19’E, 105-110 m, 2 Nouméa: stn DW 1234, 22°24’S, 166°55.1’E, 47-52 m, 1 dd; stn dd; stn DW 678, 20°49’S, 165°19’E, 94-100 m, 1 dd; stn DW DW 1235, 22°24.1’S, 166°55.5’E, 51-52 m, 1 lv, 7 dd; stn 1249, 691, Passe de Hienghène, 20°35’S, 164°59’E, 227-250 m, 1 20°49’S, 165°19’E, 80-140 m, 3 dd . — Koumac. EXPÉDITION dd.

MONTROUZIER: stn 1314, 20°39.8’S, 164°15.3’E, 30-63 m, 1 Loyalty Islands. Lifou. LIFOU 2000: stn 1462, Baie du Santal, dd; stn 1321, 20°44.7’S, 164°14.9’E, 90-115 m, 3 dd; stn 1322, 20°47.1’ 167°03.2’, 70-120 m, 1 dd.

20°45.2’S, 164°15.2’E, 53-71 m, 2 dd. — BATHUS 1: stn DW

DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia and northwest Madagascar; live in 9-240 m, shells down to 500 m. Distribution in the New Caledonian region : from Belep Islands in the north to Nouméa in the south, both coasts; Loyalty Islands: Lifou; live in 9-240 m, shells in 52-227 m.