Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003

Houart, Roland & Sellanes, Javier, 2006, New data on recently described Chilean trophonines (Gastropoda: Muricidae), description of a new species and notes of their occurrence at a cold seep site, Zootaxa 1222, pp. 53-68 : 56-58

Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003

( Figs 5–10 )

Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003: 104 , text fig. A, figs 3–5, 24, 31.

Type material

Holotype MNHN Moll 4544 (41.5mm), Chile, Antofagasta, 1000m, muddy bottom; paratype RH (16.5mm­juvenile­), Chile, Antofagasta, 1300m, 23°38’S, 70°25’W.

Additional material examined

R/V AGOR Vidal Gormáz, off Concepción, Chile, (Sta. AGT 1, 11/30/2003), 36°21.46’S, 73°44.08’W, 930m, 1 lv (juvenile) (28.70mm) (JS); off Coquimbo, 600m, 1dd (38.65mm) (RH); trawled off Caldera, III Región, 434m,1dd (43.9mm) (coll. E. Garcia, nr 25029).

Remarks

All shells are very similar. The new material extends the geographical distribution from Antofagasta (23°38.60’S) to Concepción (36°21.46’S), from 434–1300m (all dd).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 14. 1 – 4, Trophon condei Houart, 2003; 1, Chile, Ancud, trawled in 1350 m, holotype IRSNB­IG 29715 / 512, 61.4 mm; 2, Chile, 36 ° 21.65 ’ S, 73 ° 44.42 ’ W, 900 ­ 904 m (AGT 5), JS, 41.6 mm; 3 – 4, Chile, off Concepción, 36 ° 21.46 ’ S, 73 ° 44.08 ’ W, 930 m, MNHNCL­ 201646, 41.8 mm; 5 – 10, Trophon ceciliae Houart, 2003; 5 – 6, Chile, trawled off Caldera, III Región, 434 m, coll. E. Garcia, nr 25029, 43.9 mm; 7 – 8, Chile, off Concepción, 36 ° 21.46 ’ S, 73 ° 44.08 ’ W, 930 m, JS, 28.7 mm (juvenile); 9, Chile, Antofagasta, 1000 m, holotype MNHN Moll 4544, 41.5 m; 10, Chile, Antofagasta, 1300 m, paratype RH, 16.5 mm (juvenile); 11 – 14, Trophon vangoethemi Houart, 2003; 11 – 12, Chile, trawled off Itata, north of Concepción, in about 350 m, Holotype IRSNB IG 29715 / 513, 16.9 mm; 13 – 14, Chile, off Concepción, 36 º 10.50 ’ S, 73 º 35.95 ’ W, 563 – 613 m, JS, 13. 14.8 mm; 14: 16.8 mm.