Gutturnium muricinum ( Röding, 1798 ), Roding, 1798

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Gutturnium muricinum ( Röding, 1798)

Figs 7 N–O

Distorsio muricina Röding, 1798: 133 .

Cymatium (Gutturnium) muricinum: Beu 1998 : figs 23d, 25 (full synonymy); Okutani 2000: 288 –289, pl. 143, fig. 24; Thach 2005: 103, pl. 31, figs 2, 11; Poppe 2008a: 266 –267, pl. 265, figs 1, 4; Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9.

Material examined. Dam Bay, mangrove plantation, 5 specimens.

Abundance. Uncommon.

Measurements. Up to 63 mm ( Thach 2005).

Ecological notes. On intertidal rocky bottom ( Okutani 2000). In studied sites it was found on rocks and seedling stems in lowest part of intertidal zone.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast ( Thach 2005).

General distribution. Red Sea; Indian Ocean, throughout the tropical western Pacific ( Beu 1998).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A – B. Notocochlis cf. gualteriana (10 mm). C – D. Notocochlis cf. gualteriana (8 mm). E – F. Polinices mammilla (38 mm). G – H. Assiminea brevicula (6 mm). I – K. Stenothyra sp. (4 mm). L – M. Monoplex pilearis (59 mm). N – O. Gutturnium muricinum (48 mm). P – Q. Epitonium sp. (4 mm). R – S. Pictocolumbella ocellata (6 mm). T – U. Nassarius olivaceus (27 mm). V – W. Monoplex vespaceus (36 mm).