Coralliophila suduirauti, Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003

Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), Zoosystema 31 (4), pp. 759-789 : 772

Coralliophila suduirauti Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003

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Coralliophila suduirauti Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003: 49 , figs 1-9.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype MZB 42942.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Off Balicasag Island, Philippines.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — The type material and: Banc Lotus, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1946, 23°49.2’S, 147°41.2’W, 100-200 m, 1 lv ( Fig 5E ).

DISTRIBUTION. — Coralliophila suduirauti was described from the Philippines and was known so far, only from this area and from Vanuatu (one empty shell in 200- 260 m: Oliverio 2008b). The present record (1 juvenile living in 100-200 m) extends its range in the SW Pacific Austral Islands.

REMARKS

The single (somehow immature) specimen differs from the type material of C. suduirauti Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003 in its more pyriform profile, and the slightly finer sculpture. It is anyway sufficiently similar to be confidently ascribed to this species.

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, B, Coralliophila mitraeforma Kosuge, 1985, Banc Lotus, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1948, 23°48.7’S, 147°53.5’W, 120-280 m; C, D, C.pulchella (A.Adams,1854),Rimatara Is., BENTHAUS,stn DW 2020,22°37’S,152°49.1’W,920-930 m;E, C. suduirauti Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003, Banc Lotus, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1946, 23°49.2’S, 147°41.2’W, 100-200 m; F-H, Coralliophila sp. A, Banc Arago, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1970, 23°22’S, 150°43.2’W, 350-401 m. Scale bars: A-D, 10 mm; E-H, 5 mm.