Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 448

publication ID

978-2-85653-614-8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491348

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18E62-6E1C-D21A-FEC4-FCF6FDC7E7E8

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scientific name

Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979
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Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979 View in CoL

Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979: 1 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 1-7.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn CP 1389, 18°19’S, 178°05’E, 241-417 m, 1 dd juv (damaged); stn CP 1390, 18°19’S, 178°05’E, 234-361 m, 1 lv juv GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Philippines and now Fiji (new record), shell in 241-417 m, live in 234-361 m.

REMARKS. — Both specimens dredged off Fiji are juveniles but are readily identifiable by the protoconch, which has 1½ - 1¾ whorls, and by the morphology of the first teleoconch whorls, which have thin axial lamellae, webbed varices and broad spiral cords.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Pterynotus

Loc

Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008
2008
Loc

Pterynotus miyokoae

KOSUGE S. 1979: 1
1979
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