Babelomurex indicus ( Smith, 1899 )

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 547-548

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Babelomurex indicus ( Smith, 1899) View in CoL

Fig. 103

Coralliophila indica Smith, 1899: 244-245 View in CoL .

Synonyms:

? Latiaxis kieneri Hidalgo, 1904: 3 View in CoL .

? Latiaxis kiranus Kuroda, 1959: 323 View in CoL .

? Latiaxis michikoae Shikama, 1978: 39 View in CoL , pl. 7, figs 21-24.

? Latiaxis kanamarui Shikama, 1978: 39 View in CoL , pl. 7, figs 25-26.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Coralliophila indica : 2 syntypes BMNH 1904.6.15.162-3, figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 34, fig. 3). — Latiaxis kieneri : 4 syntypes MNCN 15.05/759 — Latiaxis kiranus : holotype OMNH-Mo 6554, figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 34, fig. 6). — Latiaxis michikoae : 2 syntypes NSMT Mo 60935, one figured by Shikama (1979: figs 21-22), Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 34, fig. 3) and Higo et al. (2001: 68, G2463s). — Latiaxis kanamarui : holotype NSMT Mo 60936, figured also by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 34, fig. 5) and Higo et al. (2001: 68, G2464s).

TYPE LOCALITY. — C. indica : off southern India, 7°17’30’’N, 76°54’E, 430 fms [R/V Investigator stn 232]. — L. kieneri : Cebu Is., Philippines. — L. kiranus : off Tosa, Shikoku, Japan. — L. michikoae : off Tosa, southern Shikoku, Japan. — L. kanamarui : “Tosa”, southern Shikoku, Japan.

FIGS 96-103. Teleoconchs of Babelomurex . 96, B. kawanishii ( Kosuge, 1979) , SMIB 5 stn DW 76, H 15.9 mm. 97, B. tumidus Kosuge, 1980 , NORFOLK 1 stn CP 1676, H 33.5 mm. 98, 99, B. wormaldi (Powell, 1971) , CHALCAL 2 stn DW 77, H 28.5 mm (98), 28 mm (99). 100, 101, B. miyokoae Kosuge, 1985 , MUSORSTOM 5 stn 329, H 10.6 mm. 102, B. cf. centimanus Kosuge, 1985 , MUSORSTOM 7 stn DW 509, H 11.4 mm. 1 03, B. indicus ( Smith, 1899) , MUSORSTOM 6 stn DW 459, H 18.5 mm.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Hawaii. Recent and Quaternary fossil Loyalty Ridge. MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 459, 21°0l’S, 167°31’E, material (in coll. C. Takahashi). 425 m, 1 dd (Fig. 103); stn DW 493, 20°48’S, 167°06’E, 700 m, Western Indian Ocean. Réunion, 700 m, dd ( MO). 1 dd GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indian Ocean : from southern Africa (Kosuge 2008) and eastern Africa, Somalia ( Kosuge 1993) and Réunion to southern India. Pacific Ocean: from Japan to the Philippines, “ 100-200 m, rocks” (Higo et al. 1999: 220). Loyalty Ridge, empty shells in 425-700 m.

REMARKS. — The relationships among Coralliophila indicus , Latiaxis kieneri , L. michikoae , L. kiranus and L. kanamarui require further careful study. Based only on teleoconch morphology, it is unclear whether they represent variation within a single species or several different species.