Pazinotus falcatiformis (Thiele, 1925)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 457

publication ID	978-2-85653-614-8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491364
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scientific name	Pazinotus falcatiformis (Thiele, 1925)
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Pazinotus falcatiformis (Thiele, 1925) View in CoL

Figs 8A-D, 9A, B, 10B

Murex falcatiformis Thiele, 1925: 168 View in CoL , pl. 18, fig. 10.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn DW DW 1383, 18°18’S, 178°03’E, 230-251 m, 13 dd; stn DW 1384, 1333, 16°50’S, 178°13’E, 200-215 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1345, 18°19’S, 178°06’E, 260-305 m, 7 dd GoogleMaps . — BORDAU 1: stn DW 17°15’S, 178°30’E, 660-663 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1365, 18°13’S, 1464, 18°09’S, 178°38’W, 285-300 m, 2 lv, 2 dd (Figs 8D; 9B); 178°32’E, 295-302 m, 5 dd; stn CP 1366, 18°12’S, 178°33’E, stn DW 1465, 18°09’S, 178°39’W, 290-300 m, 1 lv, 2 dd (Figs 149-168 m, 4 dd; stn CP 1369, 18°11’S, 178°23’E, 392-433 m, 8C; 9A); stn CP 1507, 18°09’S, 178°38’W, 294-300 m, 1 dd.

1 dd; stn DW 1376, 18°19’S, 178°09’E, 497-504 m, 6 dd; stn

DISTRIBUTION. — North of Nias Island , Sumatra, Indonesia (1°48’N, 97°6’E), in 141 m (holotype); Aliguay Islands, Sulu Sea, Philippines, in 180-240 m; and Fiji, live in 290-300 m. GoogleMaps

REMARKS. — Pazinotus falcatiformis was only known from the holotype until very recently, when specimens were dredged in the Philippines (R. Houart coll, unpublished), and now in Fiji. The holotype (Figs 8A, B) has longer, more acute carinal spines than other material, but other shell characters (paucispiral protoconch, angulate aperture, spines connected by a broad webbing, number of varices) are similar to those of the Philippines and Fiji specimens .