New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia
Author
Scarabino, Victor
John T. Huber
text
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2008
196
215
268
journal article
978-2-85653-614-8
1243-4442
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
.