Calliodentalium balanoides ( Plate, 1908 )

Scarabino, Victor, 2008, New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 215-268 : 233

Calliodentalium balanoides ( Plate, 1908)

Calliodentalium balanoides - Scarabino 1995: 275, figs 81, 82e-f, 88c. Material cited: 6 lots (6 spms), from south of New Caledonia and Loyalty Basin, only 1 spm live, in 435- 460 m.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia proper. Ngoe , 21°45’S, 166°37’E, 21°45’S, 166°37’E, 250 m, 1 lv . — HALIPRO 1: stn CP 866, 21°26’S, 166°17’E, 550-600 m, 4 dd. BATHUS 2: stn DW 743, Passe de Boulari , 22°36’S, 166°26’E, — BATHUS 1: stn CP 668, Passe de Cap Baye , 20°57’S, 165°35’E, 713-950 m, 1 dd; stn DW 747, 22°30’S, 166°24’E, 574 m, 1 dd. 205-219 m, 1 lv, 1 dd; stn CP 702, Passe de Cap Baye , 20°56’S, — BATHUS 4: stn DW 891, Passe de Duroc , 21°01’S, 164°28’E, 165°36’E, 591-660 m, 2 dd; stn DW 683, Passe de Hienghu, 600-620 m, 1 lv, 1 dd; stn CP 949, Passe de Hienghène, 20°32’S, 20°35’S, 165°07’E, 380-400 m, 2 dd; stn CP 713, Passe SE de 164°56’E, 616-690 m, 2 dd .

DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: Sumatra, shells to 903 m ( Plate 1908), Philippines, live in 197-865 m (Scarabino 1995), and New Caledonia. Distribution in the New Caledonian region : west coast: Passe de Duroc; east coast and Loyalty Basin; southwest coast: Passe de Boulari; south coast; live in 219-620 m.