Cytharomorula pinguis Houart, 1995

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 460

publication ID	978-2-85653-614-8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491368
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scientific name	Cytharomorula pinguis Houart, 1995
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Cytharomorula pinguis Houart, 1995 View in CoL

Cytharomorula pinguis Houart, 1995a: 255 View in CoL , figs 25, 72-73. Not C. pinguis Tsuchiya 2000: 380 View in CoL , pl. 189; fig. 88 [= probably C. springsteeni View in CoL ].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1606, 22°16’S, 175°20’W, 313-316 m, 1 dd (damaged) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia area: Loyalty Ridge , Norfolk Ridge , Hunter and Matthew Islands, live in 313- 360 m; and Tonga (new record), shells only in 313-316 m.

REMARKS. — Cytharomorula pinguis is very distinctive in having broad, heavy, white axial ribs, broad, flat, spiral cords, a strongly denticulate aperture, and narrow protoconch whorls. The shell illustrated by Tsuchiya (2000: pl. 189, fig. 88) is not C. pinguis , but rather C. springsteeni Houart, 1988 , or a related form.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Neogastropoda
Family	Muricidae
Genus	Cytharomorula