Siphonochelus boucheti Houart, 1991

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 468

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491384
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scientific name	Siphonochelus boucheti Houart, 1991
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Siphonochelus boucheti Houart, 1991 View in CoL

Figs 6G, J

Siphonochelus boucheti Houart, 1991b: 230 View in CoL , figs 5-6, 17-18, 47, 68.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1360, 17°60’S, 178°48’E, 402-444 m, 1 lv (juv.) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia and Fiji (new record), live in 402-444 m.

REMARKS. — Siphonochelus boucheti differs from S. japonicus (which co-occurs with it in Fiji, see below) in having more shouldered whorls and a more globose, comparatively large protoconch. In S. boucheti the varices are strongly shouldered and the anal tubes are somewhat separated from the varices, while in S. japonicus the varices are rounded, more strongly curved backwards, and the anal tubes are flatter and broader and not separated from the varices.

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