Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854)

Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), Zoosystema 31 (4), pp. 759-789 : 768-770

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2009n4a2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4559732

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scientific name

Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854)
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Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854) View in CoL

( Fig. 4 View FIG E-I)

Concholepas (Coralliobia) fimbriata A. Adams, 1854: 93 View in CoL .

Coralliobia cancellata Pease, 1861: 399 View in CoL .

Coralliobia sculptilis Pease, 1865: 513 View in CoL .

Coralliobia smithi Yen, 1942: 226 View in CoL .

Coralliobia densicostata Shikama, 1963: 62 View in CoL , fig. 1.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Concholepas fimbriata : syntype BMNH 1985103, figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 48, fig. 8).

Coralliobia cancellata View in CoL : not found ( Kay 1965: 85). Coralliobia sculptilis View in CoL : not found ( Kay 1965: 86). Coralliobia smithi View in CoL : holotype (BMNH 94.4.5.17; figured by Kosuge & Suzuki [1985: pl 45, fig. 5]).

Coralliobia densicostata View in CoL : syntype (KPM NG0120043; figured by Kosuge & Suzuki [1985: pl. 45, fig. 6]) and by Higo et al. [2001: 66, G2411]).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Concholepas fimbriata : Cagayan, Mindanao, Philippines.

Coralliobia cancellata: Hawaiian Islands [Sandwich Islands].

Coralliobia sculptilis: Hawaiian Islands [Sandwich Islands].

Coralliobia smithi: Macclesfied Bank , China Sea.

Coralliobia densicostata: Nase, Amami-Oshima , Japan.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — The type material of Concholepas fimbriata and Coralliobia smithi and:

Rurutu, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1997-2001, 22°26’-27’S, 151°20’W, 200-1000 m, 2 dd. — Port of Rurutu, stn DW 2001, 22°26.6’S, 151°20.1’W, 200-550 m, 2 dd. — East cost of Rurutu, stn DW 2003, 22°27.6’S, 151°18.9’W, 250-330 m, 1 dd. — East coast of Rurutu, stn DW 2005, 22°28.1’S, 151°18.3’W, 680-1800 m, 1 dd. — Rimatara Is., stn DW 2012, 22°28.4’S, 152°49.8’W, 270-320 m, 1 dd. — Rurutu (Avera), stn DW 1996, 22°29.1’S, 151°21.9’W, 489-1050 m, 1 dd. — Rimatara Is., stn DW 2020, 22°37’S, 152°49.1’W, 920-930 m, 7 dd. — Rimatara Is., stn DW 2018, 22°37.1’S, 152°49.1’W, 770- 771 m, 2 dd. — Rimatara Is., stn DW 2015, 22°38.2’S, 152°49.5’W, 250-280 m, 1 dd. — Rimatara Is., stn DW 2013, 22°38.6’S, 152°49.7’W, 80-93 m, 17 dd (one shell cemented to the coral in position, Fig. 4 View FIG G-I). — Banc Lotus, stn DW 1947, 23°48.5’S, 147°53.5’W, 120- 150 m, 1 dd. — Stn DW 1939, North of Raivavae Is., 23°49.7’S, 147°41.6’W, 100 m, 1 dd, 1 lv (detached from the original coral, Fig. 4E, F View FIG ).

DISTRIBUTION. —Tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific ( Kay 1979; Kosuge & Suzuki 1985). New Caledonia,empty shells in 5-487 m, alive in 90-367 m ( Oliverio 2008b).Austral Islands, empty shells in 93-920 m, living in 100 m.

REMARKS

This species lives on the underside of corals of the family Agariciidae Gray, 1847 , where a characteristic scar is produced by each individual on the coral. They are usually present in clusters of two or more animals, of which at least one is of larger size, surrounded by one to several smaller ones. Investigations are in progress to check if this species also is a protandric hermaphrodite as other coralliophilines ( Richters & Luque 2002, 2003), as it would be suggested by the size distribution in the clusters. Each individual uses a small hole in the coral skeleton ( Fig. 4 View FIG G-I) to reach the upper side of the colony, presumably to feed on the cnidarian tissues. The protoconch of 3.2 whorls, 650 µm high, 620 µm wide at the base, is sculptured with pustules over the embryonic whorl, and with two spiral keels, subsutural prosocline threads and a series of tubercules over each keel on the 2.2 larval whorls. Coralliophila fimbriata is the type species of Coralliobia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 . I prefer to keep this species in Coralliophila until the systematics of coralliophilines is clarified.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Coralliophila

Loc

Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854)

Oliverio, Marco 2009
2009
Loc

Coralliobia densicostata

HIGO S. & CALLOMON P. & GOTO Y. 2001: 66
2001
Loc

Coralliobia cancellata

KAY E. A. 1965: 85
KAY E. A. 1965: 86
1965
Loc

Coralliobia densicostata

SHIKAMA T. 1963: 62
1963
Loc

Coralliobia smithi

YEN T. C. 1942: 226
1942
Loc

Coralliobia sculptilis

PEASE W. H. 1865: 513
1865
Loc

Coralliobia cancellata

PEASE W. H. 1861: 399
1861
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