Cytharomorula, Kuroda, 1953

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 458

Genus CYTHAROMORULA Kuroda, 1953

Several species here included in Cytharomorula were earlier classified in Pascula Dall, 1908 ( Houart 1995a; 1996b). However, having now seen much more material of both genera, we think that these species are more akin to Cytharomorula than to Pascula . We also realize that some specimens, previously considered as within the range of variation of known species are in fact worthy of specific status. Our present aim is not a revision of ergalataxine genera. However, we feel that a re-examination of the generic assignment of several species is urgently needed.

Currently we consider that Cytharomorula includes the following Recent species:

C. ambonensis Houart, 1996

C. danigoi Houart, 1995

C. grayi ( Dall, 1889)

C. lefevreiana (Tapparone Canefri, 1880)

C. paucimaculata (Sowerby, 1903)

C. pinguis Houart, 1995

C. springsteeni Houart, 1995

C. vexillum Kuroda, 1953 (type species)