Tenguella musiva ( Kiener, 1835 )

Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, Zootaxa 4162 (3), pp. 401-437 : 426

Tenguella musiva ( Kiener, 1835)

Figs 8 C–D

Purpura musiva Kiener, 1835: 38 .

Marula musiva (sic): Okutani 2000: 390 –391, pl. 194, fig. 135.

Morula musiva: Thach 2005: 126 , pl. 37, figs 6, 13; Poppe 2008b: 210, pl. 400, fig. 4.

Tenguella musiva: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9 .

Material examined. Dam Bay, natural mangroves, about 5 specimens.

Abundance. Uncommon.

Measurements. Up to 35 mm ( Thach 2005).

Ecological notes. On intertidal rocky bottom ( Okutani 2000). In studied sites it was found on rocks in lowest part of intertidal zone.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast ( Thach 2005).

General distribution. Central IWP, to Australia, Fiji and southern Japan ( Okutani 2000; OBIS, 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 8. A – B. Drupella margariticola (21 mm). C – D. Tenguella musiva (22 mm). E – F. Semiricinula muricoides (22 mm). G – H. Lataxiena blosvillei (44 mm). I – J. Amathinidae gen. sp. (5 mm). K – L. Otopleura sp. (10 mm). M – N. Otopleura auriscati (10 mm). O – P. Syrnola sp. (8 mm). Q – R. Cassidula aurisfelis (25 mm). S – T. Cassidula nucleus (22 mm). U – V. Melampus granifer (6 mm). W – X. Laemodonta siamensis (7 mm). Y – Z. Melampus cf. adamsianus (11 mm).