Vokesimurex sp.

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 443

Vokesimurex sp. cf. hirasei (Hirase, 1915)

Fig. 1E

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1603, 22°12’S, 175°20’W, 189-196 m, 1 dd .

REMARKS. —This specimen is referred with doubt to Vokesimurex hirasei from which it differs in having a slightly broa- der last teleoconch whorl and in lacking the typical creamish-white colour with dark brown spiral cords. Vokesimurex sp. cf. hirasei has a pale tan shell with bands of a slightly darker color at the shoulder and periphery. The protoconch is incomplete with only the last whorl remaining. A typical, living specimen of V. hirasei was collected at the same station.