Babelomurex cariniferoides (Shikama, 1966)

Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 481-586 : 522

Babelomurex cariniferoides (Shikama, 1966)

Fig. 59

Latiaxis (Baberomurex) [sic] cariniferoides Shikama, 1966: 23-24 , pl. 1, figs 7-8.

Other reference:

Latiaxis carinifer - Õyama 1960: fig. 6.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Latiaxis cariniferoides : holotype KPM NG0103756 , figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985: pl. 29, fig. 2) and Higo et al. (2001: 67, G2438) [examined good photographs only] .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Nada , Wakayama Prefecture, Japan 91 m [50 fms] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Philippines. Panglao, Bohol, tangle net, 40-80 m, 1 lv, 2 dd, ( MO, obtained from a dealer). New Caledonia proper. LAGON: stn 572, Grand Récif sud, 22°52’S, 167°00’E, 65 m, 2 dd (Fig. 59) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Pacific : Japan, from Kii Peninsula to Tosa and western Kyūshū, “sand bottom in 50- 100 m ” (Tsuchiya 2000: 405), southward to the Philippines (occasionally sold in the dealer market). New Caledonia, empty shells in 65 m.

REMARKS. — The two shells from New Caledonia show the clear characteristic features of Babelomurex cariniferoides as in the Philippines material. The publication by Õyama (1960) is a collection of shell photographs, in which the author named this species as “ Latiaxis carinifer Sowerby ” evidently mispelling the name of the northeastern Atlantic B. cariniferus (G.B. Sowerby [second of the name], 1834).