Hirtomurex filiaregis ( Kurohara, 1959 )

Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), Zoosystema 31 (4), pp. 759-789 : 779-780

Hirtomurex filiaregis ( Kurohara, 1959) ( Fig. 10A, B )

Latiaxis filiaregis Kurohara, 1959: 342-344 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Possibly lost ( Kosuge & Suzuki 1985: 25).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Tosa Bay, Southern Shikoku, Japan.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Banc Arago, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1973, 23°23.5’S, 150°43.9’W, 200-350 m, 1 dd ( Fig. 10A, B ).

DISTRIBUTION. — West Pacific. From southern Japan to the Philippines, 100-200 m, “rocks” ( Higo et al. 1999: 221). Norfolk Ridge, alive in 390-540 m ( Oliverio 2008b). Austral Islands, one empty shell in 200- 350 m.

REMARKS

The single shell is worn and partly damaged, but it is easily identified. This is a significant extension eastward of its range.

Figures

FIG. 10.— A, B, Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara,1959),Banc Arago,BENTHAUS,stn DW 1973,23°23.5’S,150°43.9’W,200-350 m; C, D, Hirtomurex sp. A, Banc NE of Rapa, BENTHAUS,stn DW 1904,27°26.5’S, 144°03.4’W,600-900 m. Scale bars:A, B, 5 mm; C, D, 10 mm.