Tesseracme tetrapleura ( Boissevain, 1906 )

Scarabino, Victor, 2008, New species and new records of scaphopods from New Caledonia, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 215-268 : 223

Tesseracme tetrapleura ( Boissevain, 1906)

Tesseracme tetrapleura - Scarabino 1995: 224, figs 31, 33 c-d. Material cited: 77 lots (183 spms) from New Caledonia and Loyalty Ridge, live in 12- 60 m.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. — North of New Caledonia. m, 1 lv, 3 dd; stn 1305, 20°36.2’S, 164°11.0’E, 12-15 m, 1 dd; PALEO-SURPRISE: stn DW 1381, Atoll de Surprise, 18°28.5’S, stn 1306, 20°39.1’S, 164°12.4’E, 11-13 m, 3 lv, 1 dd; stn 1308, 163°04.0’E, 32-36 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1382, 18°26.5’S, 163°05.9’E, tombant de l’Ilot Kendec, 24°40’S, 164°15.2’E, 15-20 m, 1 dd; 41-42 m, 1 lv; stn DW 1396, 18°20.7’S, 163°04.7’E, 39 m, stn 1309, parage de l’Ilot Kendec, 20°40.5’S, 164°13.4’E, 18 1 dd. m, 2 dd; stn 1311, passe de Koumac, tombant Est, 20°40.4’S, New Caledonia proper. Touho. EXPÉDITION MONTROU- 164°14.9’E, 10-60 m, 3 dd; stn 1313, chenal de la Passe de Kou- ZIER: stn 1237, 20°46.9’S, 165°13.8’E, 0-1 m, 1 lv, 1 dd; stn mac, 20°38.8’S 164°15.6’E, 33-38 m, 1 dd; stn 1314, 20°39.8’S 1260, 20°44’S 165°14’E, 49-59 m, 8 dd; stn 1264, 20°44.5’S, 164°15.3’E, 30-63 m, 15 dd; stn 1319, Passe Deverd, 20°44.7’S, 165°15.9’E, 8 m, 2 lv, 2 dd; stn 1265, 20°40.8’S, 165°14.2’E, 164°15.5’E, 15-20 m, 1 dd; stn 1321, 20°44.7’S 164°14.9’E, 90- 15-30 m, 2 dd; stn 1268, 20°45.2’S, 165°08.0’E, 9-11 m, 1 lv, 5 115 m, 5 dd; stn 1322, 20°45.2’S, 164°15.2’E, 53-71 m, 3 lv, dd . — Koumac. EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER: stn 1282, Ilot 36 dd.

Tangadiou, 20°33.5’S, 164°13. E, intertidal, 2 dd; stn 1302, Loyalty Islands. Lifou. LIFOU 2000: stn 1450, Baie du Santal, Récif de l’Infernet, 20°35.8’S, 164°12.7’E, 9-10 m, 1 lv, 1 dd; 20°45.8’S, 167°01.65’E, 27-31 m, 2 dd.

stn 1304, Chenal de l’Infernet, 20°38.6’S, 164°13.2’E, 12-15

DISTRIBUTION. — Global distribution: Indonesia and New Caledonia, live in 12-60 m. Distribution in the New Caledonian region: broady distributed from Atoll de Surprise in the north, to the east and west coasts of New Caledonia proper, and the Loyalty Islands, live in 1-60 m.