Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 456-457

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491362
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scientific name	Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996
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Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996 View in CoL

Fig. 4H

Pygmaepterys cracentis Houart, 1996b: 382 View in CoL , figs 12-13.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. SUVA 2: stn BS 18, 18°11’S, 178°28’E, 83 m, 1 lv juv with 4 teleoconch whorls GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indonesia (Ambon and Java), now Fiji (new record), live in 83 m.

REMARKS. — Described from Ambon, Pygmaepterys cracentis has only recently been discovered in Java (R. Houart coll, unpublished). Its discovery off Fiji enlarges its geographical range considerably.