Coralliophila cf. fritschi (Martens, 1874)

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 499-500

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491404
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scientific name	Coralliophila cf. fritschi (Martens, 1874)
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Coralliophila cf. fritschi (Martens, 1874) View in CoL

Fig. 17

Rapana fritschi Martens, 1874: 135-136 View in CoL , pl. 6, fig. 3.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Not found.

TYPE LOCALITY. — False Bay , South Africa .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia proper. BATHUS 4: stn DW 943, Passe d’Amos , 20°12’S, 164°31’E, 316-347 m, 1 dd. Loyalty Ridge. MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 406, 20°41’S, 167°07’E, 373 m, 1 dd (Fig. 17) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Western South Africa, Indonesia and southern Japan (Kosuge & Meyer 1999). Present material, New Caledonia and Loyalty Ridge, empty shells in 347-373 m.

REMARKS. — The identification is not certain, as the shells from the Indian Ocean ( South Africa), usually identified as C. fritschi , are smaller and more slender.