Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 456-457

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978-2-85653-614-8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491362

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18E62-6E04-D205-FEC4-F97CFBAAE110

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scientific name

Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996
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Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996 View in CoL

Fig. 4H

Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996b: 382 View in CoL , figs 12-13.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. SUVA 2: stn BS 18, 18°11’S, 178°28’E, 83 m, 1 lv juv with 4 teleoconch whorls GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indonesia (Ambon and Java), now Fiji (new record), live in 83 m.

REMARKS. — Described from Ambon, Pygmaepterys cracentis has only recently been discovered in Java (R. Houart coll, unpublished). Its discovery off Fiji enlarges its geographical range considerably.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Pygmaepterys

Loc

Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008
2008
Loc

Pygmaepterys cracentis

HOUART R. 1996: 382
1996
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