Chicoreus (Triplex) ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 445

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978-2-85653-614-8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491337

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scientific name

Chicoreus (Triplex) ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978
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Chicoreus (Triplex) ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978 View in CoL

Fig. 1F

Chicoreus (Triplex) ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978: 35 View in CoL , pl. 7, figs 1-2.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn CP 1582, 18°41’S, 174°03’W, 79-82 m, 2 lv GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Okinawa, Guam (R. Houart coll., unpublished) and now Tonga (new record), live in 79-82 m.

REMARKS. — Chicoreus ryukyuensis is included in the same group of small species as C. nobilis . It differs from C. nobilis in having a globose rather than conical protoconch and 3 frondose spines covering the entire length of the siphonal canal.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Chicoreus

Loc

Chicoreus (Triplex) ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008
2008
Loc

Chicoreus (Triplex) ryukyuensis

SHIKAMA T. 1978: 35
1978
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