Poirieria (Actinotrophon) fragilis 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 : 449-450

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scientific name	Poirieria (Actinotrophon) fragilis Houart, 1996
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Poirieria (Actinotrophon) fragilis Houart, 1996 View in CoL

Fig. 2F

Poirieria (Actinotrophon) fragilis Houart, 1996a: 60 View in CoL , figs 1-2, 5-9, 27-28.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1330, 179°28’W, 400-410 m, 1 lv (Fig. 2F); stn DW 1413, 16°10’S, 17°10’S, 177°56’E, 567-699 m, 1 lv; stn CP 1331, 17°02’S, 179°24’W, 669-676 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1485, 19°03’S, 178°30’W, 178°02’E, 694-703 m, 2 dd; stn CP 1341, 16°53’S, 177°44’E, 700-707 m, 2 dd GoogleMaps .

500-614 m, 2 dd. — BORDAU 1: stn DW 1410, 16°06’S, Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn CP 1556, 20°11’S, 174°45’W, 589 GoogleMaps -

591 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1585, 18°33’S, 173°57’W, 578 m, 1 dd; 1640, 21°09’ S, 175°24’ W, 564-569 m, 2 lv, 1 dd; stn CP 1642, stn CP 1638, 21°50’S, 175°23’W, 469-520 m, 3 dd; stn CP 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 532 m, 1 lv, 6 dd.

DISTRIBUTION. — Northwest of Port Hedland (Western Australia), New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji and Tonga (new records), live in 410-567 m.

REMARKS. — See P. tenuis (below) for comparison with that species.

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