Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 530-531

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scientific name	Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001
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Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001 View in CoL

Figs 211, 212

Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001: 285 View in CoL , figs 1-13.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 0354 About MNHN (Figs 211, 212) and 1 paratype MNHN 0353 About MNHN , 1 paratype AMS, 1 paratype NMNZ, 1 paratype NM.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Norfolk Ridge , 23°41’S, 168°01’E, 245-260 m [SMIB 4: DW 51] GoogleMaps .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Coral Sea. MUSORSTOM 5: stn m, 3 dd; stn DW 12, 24°46’S, 168°08’E, 235-280 m, 1 dd. — 299, Banc Argo, 22°48’S, 159°24’E, 360-390 m, 1 dd. NORFOLK 1: stn DW 1651, Banc N, 23°27’S, 167°50’E, 276- Norfolk Ridge. SMIB 3: stn DW 18, 23°42’S, 167°59’E, 338 350 m, 3 lv, 2 dd; stn DW 1652, 23°26’S, 167°50’E, 290-378 m, 1dd; stn DW 9, 24°42’S, 168°08’E, 265 m, 1dd; stn DW 17, m, 1 lv; stn DW 1653, 23°28’S, 167°51’E, 328-340 m, 4 dd; stn 23°41’S 167°10’E, 238 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps . — SMIB 4: stn DW 44, 24°46’S, DW 1657, 23°28’S, 167°52’E, 305-332 m, 1 dd, 1 lv; stn DW 168°08’E, 270-300 m, 2 dd; stn DW 46, 24°47’S, 168°09’E, 1658, 23°26’S, 167°50’E, 320-336 m, 3 dd, 1 lv; stn DW 1675, 245- 260 m, 1 dd. — SMIB 5: stn DW 70, Banc Aztèque, 23°41’S, Banc Kaimon-Maru, 24°45’S, 168°09’E, 231-233 m, 2 dd; stn 168°01E, 270 m, 1 dd; stn DW 71, 23°41’S, 168°01’E, 265 m, CP 1676, 24°43’S, 168°09’E, 227-232 m, 1 dd; stn CP 1677, 1 dd. — SMIB 8: stn DW 154, 24°45’S, 168°08’E, 235-252 m, 24°44’S, 168°09’E, 233-259 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1679, 24°43’S, 1 dd; stn DW 155, 24°46’S, 168°08’E, 257-262 m, 2 dd; stn 168°10’E, 298-324 m, 4 dd; stn DW 1680, 24°45’S, 168°10’E, DW 157, 24°46’S, 168°08’E, 251-255 m, 2 dd; stn DW 158, 385-392 m, 1 dd, 1 lv; stn CP 1683, 24°43’S, 168°08’E, 248- 24°46’S, 168°02’E, 262-290 m, 3 dd; stn DW 159, 24°46’S, 272 m, 1 dd; stn CP 1715, Banc Antigonia, 23°22’S, 168°02’E, 168°08’E, 241-245 m, 2 dd; stn DW 163, 24°49’S, 168°09’E, 270-312 m, 3 dd; stn CP 1716, 23°22’S, 168°03’E, 266-276 m, 310-460 m, 1 lv, 3 dd and 1 dd juv coated for SEM; stn DW 165, 1 dd; stn DW 1723, 23°18’S, 168°15’E, 266-267 m, 2 dd; stn 24°48’S, 168°10’E, 372-660 m, 3 dd; stn DW 181, 23°18’S, DW 1726, 23°18’S, 168°15’E, 185-207 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1727, 168°05’E, 311-330 m, 1 lv. — SMIB 10: stn DW 209, 24°49’S, 23°17’S, 168°14’E, 190-212 m, 3 dd; stn DW 1732, 23°20’S, 168°09’E, 329-560 m, 1 dd. — BERYX 11: stn DW 40, 23°41’ 168°16’E, 347-1063 m, 1 lv.

S, 168°01’ E, 240-300 m, 1 dd. — CHALCAL 2: stn CP 20, Loyalty Ridge. SMIB 5: stn DW 88, 22°19’S, 168°40’E, 350 m, 24°45’S, 168°09’E, 230-300 m, 1 lv, 1 dd coated for SEM; stn 1 dd; stn DW 91, 22°18’S, 168°41’E, 340 m, 1 dd; stn DW 93, CP 21, 24°54’S, 168°22’E, 500 m, 1 dd; stn DW 71, 24°42’S, 22°20’S, 168°42’E, 255 m, 1 dd. — MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 168°10’E, 230 m, 3 dd; stn DW 81, 23°20’S, 168°03’E, 311 482, 21°21’S, 167°47’E, 375 m, 2 dd; stn DW 478, 21°09’S, m, 1 dd. — LITHIST: stn DW 11, 24°47’S, 168°08’E, 254-283 167°54’E, 400 m, 1 dd.

DISTRIBUTION. — Coral Sea, Norfolk Ridge and Loyalty Ridge , live in 300-385 m, empty shells in 207-500 m.

REMARKS. — Description and illustration of the protoconch are available in Kosuge & Oliverio (2001). It is multispiral, consisting of 3.5 whorls (Protoconch-I of 0.8 whorls and Protoconch-II of 2.7 whorls), 890 Μm high, 800 Μm wide at the base.