Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 544-545

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Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971) View in CoL

Figs 98, 99, 184

Latiaxis wormaldi Powell, 1971: 220 View in CoL , figs 15-16.

Synonym:

Latiaxis fenestratus Kosuge, 1980 b: 42 View in CoL , pl. 10, figs 10-11.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Latiaxis wormaldi : holotype AIM AK71239 View Materials ; Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 33, fig. 2) figured a specimen labelled AIM TM1329 View Materials . — Latiaxis fenestratus : holotype IMT 80-10 View Materials , paratypes IMT 80-11 View Materials [not seen], figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 17, figs 8 [holotype], 9 [paratype]; pl. 33, fig. 3 [pararatype]) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — L. wormaldi : east southeast of Poor Knights Islands , northeastern New Zealand, 329 m . — L. fenestratus : off Mactan, Cebu Island, Philippines .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Norfolk Ridge . SMIB 3: stn DW 1, 23°38’S, 167°43’E, 435 m, 4 dd (Figs 98, 99, 184) GoogleMaps . — BATHUS 24°56’S, 168° 22’E, 520 m, 1 dd; stn DW 6, 24°56’S, 168° 21’E, 3: stn DW 818, Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23°44’S, 168°16’E, 394-401 505 m, 1 dd. — SMIB 8: stn DW 152, 24°54’S, 168°22’E, 514-530 m, 1 dd. — NORFOLK 1: stn DW 1659, Banc Stylaster , 23°37’S, m, 2 dd; stn DW 166, 23°38’S, 167°43’E, 433-450 m, 2 dd; DW 167°41’E, 449-467 m, 2 lv; stn DW 1662, 23°38’S, 167°42’E, 167, 23°38’S, 168°43’E, 430-452 m, 4 dd; DW 168, 23°38’S, 462-491 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1663, 23°40’S, 167°42’E, 443-460 168°43’E, 433-450 m, 1 dd; stn DW 193-196, 22°59’- 23°00’S, m, 1 dd; stn DW 1666, 23°42’S, 167°44’E, 469-860 m, 4 dd, 168°21’- 168°23’E, 491-558 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps . — LITHIST: stn DW 01, 1 lv; stn DW 1684, Banc Eponge , 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 508-541 23°37’S, 167°42’E, 440 m, 2 dd; stn CP 02, 23°37’S, 167°41’E, m, 3 lv; stn CP 1688, 24°56’E, 168°22’E, 533-545 m, 1 dd juv, 442 m, 1 dd; stn DW 04, 23°38’S, 167°43E, 419-440 m, 1 lv; stn 1 dd; stn DW 1693, 24°55’S, 168°21’E, 564-1144 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps .

DW 07, 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 504-530 m, 1 dd. — CHALCAL 2: stn New Hebrides Arc. VOLSMAR:stn DW 30, Hunter and Matthew DW 72, 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 527 m, 2 dd; stn DW 74, 24°40’S, Islands, 22°17’S, 171°18’E, 450-550 m, 1 dd GoogleMaps .

168°38’E, 650 m, 2 dd; stn DW 75, 24°39’S, 168°40’E, 600 m, Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1630, 23°23’S, 176°18’W, 360 m, 1 dd; stn DW 76, 23°41’S, 167°45’E, 470 m, 5 dd; stn DW 77, 1 dd, dd juv.

DISTRIBUTION. — Philippines and the southwest Pacific to northeastern New Zealand. Norfolk Ridge, New Hebrides

Arc and Tonga, live in 440-508 m, empty shells in 360- 650 m.

REMARKS. — Protoconch of 2.8 conical whorls, 635 Μm high, 700 Μm wide at the base. Protoconch-I of about 1 whorl, sculptured with pustules over the entire surface. Protoconch-II of about 1.8 whorls, with 2 spiral keels, and sculptured with a series of subsutural threads and a series of nodulose threads over each keel; a diffuse granulation is present in the interspaces.