Orania adiastolos Houart, 1995

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 462

Orania adiastolos Houart, 1995

Fig. 5E, 8F

Orania adiastolos Houart, 1995a: 265 , figs 14, 35-37, 54, 102-111.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10: stn DW 1357, 65, 17°48’S, 177°13’E, 32 m, 2 dd . — BORDAU 1: stn DW 1439, 17°48’S, 178°47’E, 81-110 m, 1 lv, 2 dd; stn DW 1359, 17°50’S, 17°11’S, 178°44’W, 173-180 m, 1 dd juv; stn DW 1498, 18°41’S, 178°48’E, 183-188 m, 1 dd; stn CP1 366, 18°12’S, 178°33’E, 178°28’W, 300-307 m, 1 dd.

149-168 m, 1 dd juv. — SUVA 2: stn BS 11, 18°12’ S, 178028’ E, Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1567, 21°02’S, 175°19’W, 351-356 213 m, 1 dd; stn BS 43, 17°52’S, 177°13’E, 26 m, 8 dd (Fig. 5E); m, 2 dd juv; stn DW 1569, 21°02’S, 175°19’W, 433 m, 2 dd; stn stn DW 44, 17°52 S, 177°13 E, 33 m, 69 lv & dd; stn CP 45, DW 1570, 21°02’S, 175°19’W, 533-578 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1581, 17°52’S, 177°13’E, 35 m, 1 dd; stn DW 51, 17°15’S, 177°16’E, 18°41’S, 174°02’W, 76-85 m, 2 dd juv; stn CP1582, 18°41’S, 32 m, 2 lv; stn DW 62, 17°48’S, 177°13’E, 32 m, 18 dd; stn CP 174°03’W, 79-82 m, 1 dd .

DISTRIBUTION. — South Africa, New Caledonia, Chesterfield Plateau , Loyalty Ridge, Fiji and Tonga (new records), live in 32-81 m.

REMARKS. — Orania adiastolos is included in a group of three similar-looking species: O. adiastolos , O. corallina (Melvill & Standen, 1903) and O. fischeriana (Tapparone Canefri, 1882) . Houart (1995a) described the differences among them (see also Figs 8E-G).