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Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio 2009
No full text<i>Hirtomurex taranui</i> Marshall & Oliverio, 2009 (Fig. 10C, D) <p> <i>Hirtomurex taranui</i> Marshall & Oliverio 2009: 166, fig. 3J, K.</p> <p> <i>Hirtomurex</i> sp. A – Oliverio 2008b: 552, fig. 110.</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: New Zealand, off Gisborne, 38°46’S, 178°48’E, 750-913 m, NIWA stn E719, alive (NIWA 48756).</p> <p>Paratypes: New Zealand, Mercury Knoll, E of Mercury Island, 36°30.27’S, 176°30.45’E,, 990-1100 m, 1 alive (NMNZ M.152743). — Rumble V volcano, southern Kermadec Ridge, 36°08.75’S, 178°12.11’E, 712-924 m, 1 (NIWA TAN 0107/323).</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Banc NE of Rapa, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1904, 27°26.5’S, 144°03.4’W, 600-900 m, 1 dd (Fig. 10C, D).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — Southern Japan (Tsuchiya 2000: 409, fig. 234). Southern New Caledonia, Loyalty Ridge and Norfolk Ridge, shells only in 537-780 m, alive in 508-532 m (Oliverio 2008b). Austral Islands, one empty shell in 600- 900 m.</p> <p>REMARKS</p> <p> The present material is concordant with the type material of <i>H. taranui</i> from New Zealand. It has been confused in some collections with <i>Hirtomurex kawamurai</i> (Shikama, 1978) from which it differs in its less constricted base and more stepped spire.</p>Published as part of <i>Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), pp. 759-789 in Zoosystema 31 (4)</i> on pages 780-781, DOI: 10.5252/z2009n4a2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4520186">http://zenodo.org/record/4520186</a>
Coralliophila nukuhiva : Oliverio 2008
No full textCoralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008 Fig. 16 Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008: 575, figs 8-10. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 20896 and 8 paratypes (lv and dd) MNHN 20897-29001. TYPE LOCALITY. — Marquesas, Nuku Hiva Is., 8°45’S, 140°15’W, 260 m, [MUSORSTOM 9: stn CP 1176]. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — North of New Caledonia. BATHUS 1198, Hiva Oa Is., 9°50’S, 139°09’W, 290-320 m, 1 lv (paratype 4: stn DW 927, Grand Passage, 18°56’S, 163°22’E, 444-452 m, 1 MNHN 20899); stn DW 1201, 9°51’S, 139°09’W, 275-300 m, 3 lv, dd; stn CP 928, 18°55’S, 163°24’E, 420-452 m, 1 dd (Fig. 16). 1 dd (paratypes MNHN 20900); stn DW 1287, Hatutaa Is., 7°55’S, Norfolk Ridge. BATHUS 3: stn CP 811, Banc Jumeau Ouest, 140°40’W, 163-245 m, lv (paratype MNHN 20901); stn DW 1288, 23°41’S, 168°15’E, 383-408 m, 2 dd. Ua Huka Is., 8°54’S, 139°38’W, 200-220 m, 1 lv (paratype MNHN Marquesas Islands. MUSORSTOM 9: stn CP 1176, Nuku Hiva Is., 20897) and 1 dd; stn CP 1300, 8°49.’S, 140°17’W, 416-430 m, 1 8°45’S, 140°15’W, 260 m, 1 lv (holotype MNHN 20896); stn DR dd (paratype MNHN 20898). DISTRIBUTION. — Marquesas Islands, live in 220-416 m, and New Caledonia and Norfolk Ridge, empty shells in 408-444 m. REMARKS. — Planktotrophic development was assumed based on traces of the protoconch of one paratype (Oliverio 2008). It is similar to C. fritschi (Martens, 1874) in the pattern of teleoconch sculpture and the general shell outline, but differs in its less slender outline, in having coarser sculpture and a less constricted base. From C. roseocephala Kosuge, 1986, it differs in its less slender spire with more convex whorls. From C. nivea (A. Adams, 1853) it differs in its coarser spiral sculpture of more closely set cords and its less slender spire with a more pronounced shoulder and incised suture.Published as part of Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, pp. 481-586 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 on page 49
Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio 2004
No full textCoralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 Fig. 44 Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004: 148, figs 1-3. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 2214 and 1 paratype (lv) MNHN 2215. FIGS 41-51. Teleoconchs of Coralliophila s.l. and Rhizochilus. 41, 42, C. pulchella (A. Adams, 1854); 41, BATHUS 1 stn DW 692, H 11.8 mm; 42, CHALCAL 2 stn DW 83, H 12.6 mm. 43, C. carolae D’Attilio & Myers, 1984, LAGON stn 933, H 20.0 mm. 44, C. rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004, holotype MNHN 2214, SMIB 3 stn DW 29, H 19.9 mm. 45, C. crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913), MUSORSTOM 8 stn DW 1042, H 12.9 mm. 46, C. nodosa (A. Adams, 1854), CHALCAL 2 stn DW 71, H 14.8 mm. 47, C. fimbriata (A. Adams, 1954), LAGON stn 640, H 16.9 mm. 48, C. robillardi (Lienard, 1870), EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER stn 1319, H 9.7 mm; 49, LIFOU 2000 stn 1459, H 7.7 mm. 50, 51, Rhizochilus cf. antipathum Steenstrup, 1850; 50, LIFOU 2000 stn DW 1650, H 12.0 mm; 51, LIFOU 2000 stn 1466, H 9.4 mm. TYPE LOCALITY. — Southern New Caledonia, 22°47’S, 167°12’E, 405 m [SMIB 3: stn DW 29]. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Known only from the type material. DISTRIBUTION. — Southern New Caledonia, live in 405 m. REMARKS. — It is diagnosed, among the species with imbricate sculpture, by its large and expanded last whorl, with rounded teleoconch whorls, and regular adult growth. Coralliophila crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913) Fig. 45 Pseudomurex crebrilamellosus G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913: 559. Synonym: Coralliophila zuluensis Barnard, 1959: 192, fig. 39b. TYPE MATERIAL. — Pseudomurex crebrilamellosus: syntype BMNH 1914.1.7.274, figured by Kosuge & Suzuki (1985, pl. 25, fig. 9) and Higo et al. (2001: 67, fig. G2419). — Coralliophila zuluensis: holotype SAM, Kosuge (1986b: pl. 27, fig. 7). TYPE LOCALITY. — P. crebrilamellosus: Kii Peninsula, central Honshū, Japan. — C. zuluensis: off O’Neill Peak, 164 m [90 fms], Zululand, eastern South Africa. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8: stn DW 1042, 16°53’S, 168°28’E, 200-260 m, 1 dd. DISTRIBUTION. — Indian Ocean: eastern South Africa (Kosuge 1986b, 2008). Pacific Ocean: from Japan southward to South China Sea and the Philippines (Tsuchiya 2000). Vanuatu, an empty shell in 200-260 m. Southeastern range extension in the Pacific. REMARKS. — This species and the next one have often been reported in the genus Mipus de Gregorio, 1885, here used in a restricted sense.Published as part of Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, pp. 481-586 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 on pages 514-51
Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio 2001
No full textBabelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001 Figs 211, 212 Babelomurex neocaledonicus Kosuge & Oliverio, 2001: 285, figs 1-13. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 0354 (Figs 211, 212) and 1 paratype MNHN 0353, 1 paratype AMS, 1 paratype NMNZ, 1 paratype NM. TYPE LOCALITY. — Norfolk Ridge, 23°41’S, 168°01’E, 245-260 m [SMIB 4: DW 51]. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Coral Sea. MUSORSTOM 5: stn m, 3 dd; stn DW 12, 24°46’S, 168°08’E, 235-280 m, 1 dd. — 299, Banc Argo, 22°48’S, 159°24’E, 360-390 m, 1 dd. NORFOLK 1: stn DW 1651, Banc N, 23°27’S, 167°50’E, 276- Norfolk Ridge. SMIB 3: stn DW 18, 23°42’S, 167°59’E, 338 350 m, 3 lv, 2 dd; stn DW 1652, 23°26’S, 167°50’E, 290-378 m, 1dd; stn DW 9, 24°42’S, 168°08’E, 265 m, 1dd; stn DW 17, m, 1 lv; stn DW 1653, 23°28’S, 167°51’E, 328-340 m, 4 dd; stn 23°41’S 167°10’E, 238 m, 1 dd. — SMIB 4: stn DW 44, 24°46’S, DW 1657, 23°28’S, 167°52’E, 305-332 m, 1 dd, 1 lv; stn DW 168°08’E, 270-300 m, 2 dd; stn DW 46, 24°47’S, 168°09’E, 1658, 23°26’S, 167°50’E, 320-336 m, 3 dd, 1 lv; stn DW 1675, 245- 260 m, 1 dd. — SMIB 5: stn DW 70, Banc Aztèque, 23°41’S, Banc Kaimon-Maru, 24°45’S, 168°09’E, 231-233 m, 2 dd; stn 168°01E, 270 m, 1 dd; stn DW 71, 23°41’S, 168°01’E, 265 m, CP 1676, 24°43’S, 168°09’E, 227-232 m, 1 dd; stn CP 1677, 1 dd. — SMIB 8: stn DW 154, 24°45’S, 168°08’E, 235-252 m, 24°44’S, 168°09’E, 233-259 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1679, 24°43’S, 1 dd; stn DW 155, 24°46’S, 168°08’E, 257-262 m, 2 dd; stn 168°10’E, 298-324 m, 4 dd; stn DW 1680, 24°45’S, 168°10’E, DW 157, 24°46’S, 168°08’E, 251-255 m, 2 dd; stn DW 158, 385-392 m, 1 dd, 1 lv; stn CP 1683, 24°43’S, 168°08’E, 248- 24°46’S, 168°02’E, 262-290 m, 3 dd; stn DW 159, 24°46’S, 272 m, 1 dd; stn CP 1715, Banc Antigonia, 23°22’S, 168°02’E, 168°08’E, 241-245 m, 2 dd; stn DW 163, 24°49’S, 168°09’E, 270-312 m, 3 dd; stn CP 1716, 23°22’S, 168°03’E, 266-276 m, 310-460 m, 1 lv, 3 dd and 1 dd juv coated for SEM; stn DW 165, 1 dd; stn DW 1723, 23°18’S, 168°15’E, 266-267 m, 2 dd; stn 24°48’S, 168°10’E, 372-660 m, 3 dd; stn DW 181, 23°18’S, DW 1726, 23°18’S, 168°15’E, 185-207 m, 1 dd; stn DW 1727, 168°05’E, 311-330 m, 1 lv. — SMIB 10: stn DW 209, 24°49’S, 23°17’S, 168°14’E, 190-212 m, 3 dd; stn DW 1732, 23°20’S, 168°09’E, 329-560 m, 1 dd. — BERYX 11: stn DW 40, 23°41’ 168°16’E, 347-1063 m, 1 lv. S, 168°01’ E, 240-300 m, 1 dd. — CHALCAL 2: stn CP 20, Loyalty Ridge. SMIB 5: stn DW 88, 22°19’S, 168°40’E, 350 m, 24°45’S, 168°09’E, 230-300 m, 1 lv, 1 dd coated for SEM; stn 1 dd; stn DW 91, 22°18’S, 168°41’E, 340 m, 1 dd; stn DW 93, CP 21, 24°54’S, 168°22’E, 500 m, 1 dd; stn DW 71, 24°42’S, 22°20’S, 168°42’E, 255 m, 1 dd. — MUSORSTOM 6: stn DW 168°10’E, 230 m, 3 dd; stn DW 81, 23°20’S, 168°03’E, 311 482, 21°21’S, 167°47’E, 375 m, 2 dd; stn DW 478, 21°09’S, m, 1 dd. — LITHIST: stn DW 11, 24°47’S, 168°08’E, 254-283 167°54’E, 400 m, 1 dd. DISTRIBUTION. — Coral Sea, Norfolk Ridge and Loyalty Ridge, live in 300-385 m, empty shells in 207-500 m. REMARKS. — Description and illustration of the protoconch are available in Kosuge & Oliverio (2001). It is multispiral, consisting of 3.5 whorls (Protoconch-I of 0.8 whorls and Protoconch-II of 2.7 whorls), 890 Μm high, 800 Μm wide at the base.Published as part of Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, pp. 481-586 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 on pages 530-53
Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific)
No full textThe Coralliophilinae is a large subfamily of Muricidae, including 200-250 species that feed exclusively on anthozoans. The material collected during the expeditions BENTHAUS and RAPA 2002 at Austral Islands are reviewed. Twenty-eigth species are recorded, one species is described as new, Coralliophila australis n. sp., diagnosed by its large size and elongated shape. All but one species showed a planktotrophic development, 10 species (36%) were from shallow waters and 15 species (54%) from deep waters. The smaller proportion of deep water coralliophiline species (compared to the range and average on a global scale) in this marginal area of the Pacific, suggests that marginality may affect the deep water faunas more than the shallow water ones
THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE RADULA-LESS GASTROPOD CLATHROMANGELIA (CAENOGASTROPODA, CONOIDEA)
No full textCoralliophila australis Oliverio 2009, n. sp.
No full textCoralliophila australis n. sp. (Figs 3 D-H; 12A) TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: Rapa Is., East of Tupuaki Bay, ATELIER RAPA 2002, stn 21, 27°34.2’S, 144°20.6’W, 5 m, dd crabbed (MNHN 20965; Fig. 3D, E). Paratypes: West of Rapa, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1894, 27°40.1’S, 144°21.5’W, 100 m, 1 dd (MNHN 20966). — Marotiri Is., stn DW 1879, 27°55’S, 143°30.1’W, 52 m, 3 dd (Fig. 3F, G), 1 juv dd (MNHN 20967; Fig. 3H). — SE of Tauturou Is., ATELIER RAPA 2002, stn 12, 27°40.5’S, 144°16.7’W, 52 m 1 dd (MNHN 20968). TYPE LOCALITY. — Rapa Is., East of Tupuaki Bay, 27°34.2’S, 144°20.6’W, 5 m. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Banc Président Thiers, BENTHAUS, stn DW 1927, 24°39’S, 146°01.6’W, 95-105 m, 1 juv dd. — Rurutu (Avera), stn DW 1996, 22°29.1’S, 151°21.9’W, 489-1050 m, 1 dd. — Banc Président Thiers, stn DW 1926, 24°38.2’S, 146°00.8’W, 50-90 m, 1 juv dd. Pointe Komire, ATELIER RAPA 2002, stn 3, 27°34’S, 144°19.7’W, 21 m, 1 dd. — Off Ahurei Bay, stn 6, 27°36.8’S, 144°16.7’W, 42 m, 2 dd. — NE of Pointe Komire, stn 26, 27°33.0’S, 144°19.1’W, 53 m, 1 dd. — Vavai, stn 32, 27°35.0-35.8’S, 144°22.7-23.0’W, 15-20 m, 1 dd. DESCRIPTION. — Shell of medium size for the genus, 37.5 mm high, 22 mm wide, fusiform with rounded shoulder, thick. Protoconch missing in the holotype. DISTRIBUTION. — Coralliophila australis n. sp. is known only on empty shells from Austral Islands, in 5-489 m (5-53 m ATELIER RAPA 2002; 52-489 m BENTHAUS). DESCRIPTION Teleoconch of 5+ whorls (tips missing in the holotype). Spire high, conical, with convex sides, suture incised. Last whorl about ⅔ of total height, curved at periphery, moderately constricted at base. Aperture long, oval, tapering anteriorly. Outer lip crenulated on exterior, smooth internally. Inner lip gently arcuate posteriorly, straight anteriorly, callous. Siphonal canal long, broadly open; umbilical area wide, with twisted, imbricate fasciole, umbilical chink narrow and short. Teleoconch spiral sculpture of irregularly alternating major cords and minor cordlets. A total of 14 cords and 7 cordlets on last teleoconch whorl; 7 cords and 4 cordlets visible above aperture. Cords and cordlets covered by imbricate scaly spines. Axial sculpture of 8 broad prosocline ribs on the last whorl (10 on the preceeding ones), fading out over base. Shell ground colour ivory-white, inside of aperture bright pink-lilac. REMARKS The protoconch of a juvenile paratype is of 3.6 whorls (Fig. 12A), 750 µm high and 720 µm wide at the base. Protoconch I of 1 whorl, with traces of pustules. Protoconch II of 2.6 whorls, with 2 weak spiral keels, sculptured by a series of subsutural prosocline threads and a series of similar threads over each keel. A diffuse granulation is present in the interspaces. Coralliophila australis n. sp. is similar to several species of the (probably monophyletic) group of C. violacea (Kiener, 1836). The spiral sculpture of broad cords is very similar to that of C. latilirata Rehder 1985; C. australis n. sp. differs being more elongated and attaining a larger size. The juveniles are very similar to juveniles of C. bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) which has not been found at Austral Islands. A specimen of C. australis n. sp. has been figured by Salvat & Rives (1975: 310, fig. 190 as C. costularis) supposedly from Fatu Hiva Is. (Marquesas), where in a recent revision based on extensive sampling (Oliverio 2008a), I have not found it.Published as part of Oliverio, Marco, 2009, Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific), pp. 759-789 in Zoosystema 31 (4) on pages 765-766, DOI: 10.5252/z2009n4a2, http://zenodo.org/record/452018
Mipus boucheti Oliverio 2008, n. sp.
No full text<i>Mipus boucheti</i> n. sp. <p>Figs 129, 130, 132, 198-205</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 20239 and 1 paratype (lv) MNHN 20240.</p> <p>TYPE LOCALITY. — Vanuatu, 17°53’S, 168°25’E, 300-301 m [MUSORSTOM 8: stn CP 1018].</p> <p> MATERIAL EXAMINED. — <b>Vanuatu</b>. MUSORSTOM 8: stn DW (holotype MNHN 20239) associated with <i>Flabellum pavoninum</i> 1016, 17°53’S, 168°28’E, 291-300 m, 1 lv (paratype MNHN Lesson, 1831 (<i>coalitum</i> form, Fig. 132, S. Cairns det.).</p> <p>20240); stn CP 1018, 17°53’S, 168°25’E, 300-301 m, 1 lv</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the type locality (Vanuatu), live in 300 m.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION. — Shell small for the genus, holotype 13 mm high, 10 mm wide, biconical, of moderate thickness. Colour orange-pinkish.</p> <p>Protoconch of 1.8 globose whorls, 780 µm high and 700 µm wide at base. Sculpture of pustules over entire surface; after 0.8 whorls, 2 weakly developed spiral keels appearing, with a series of collabral riblets.</p> <p>Teleoconch of 4 conical whorls. Spire moderately high, with flat outlines, suture not incised, periphery angled and keeled, base constricted. Aperture large, circular; outer lip simple, thin, inner lip thin. Siphonal canal relatively long, narrowly open. Umbilicus widely open, fasciole imbricate.</p> <p>Axial sculpture of strongly prosocline growth lines. Spiral sculpture of faint threads above the peripheral keel, and of 14 closely set, slightly scaly cords below. Peripheral keel consisting of a cord, suprasutural in first whorls, nodulose due to reduced scaly spines, starting immediately after the protoconch-teleoconch boundary, along with 2 subsutural cordlets. Cordlets vanishing over the first teleoconch whorl, leaving only faint threads on subsutural ramp.</p> <p>Animal white. Operculum thin, yellow, ovate-circular.</p> <p> REMARKS. — <i>Mipus boucheti</i> is similar to <i>M. eugeniae</i>, but its very reduced spiral sculpture distinguishes the two species easily. The reduced spiral sculpture also distinguishes the new species from the sculptured <i>Mipus isosceles</i>.</p> <p> The specimen from stn CP 1018 was collected associated with a solitary <i>Flabellum pavoninum</i>, one of the four fabellid corals recorded at stn 1018 by Cairns (1999). The single capsule in the mantle cavity contained 27 young larvae of 1.3 whorls, 1.1 mm long. The change in protoconch sculpture after a distinct demarcation at 0.8 whorls could be taken as an indication of planktotrophic development. However, their presence at a size of 1.3 whorls in the capsule and the non-sinusigeral protoconch-teleoconch boundary indicate a prolonged intracapsular development. Note that a demarcation between protoconch-I and protoconch-II can occur in non-planktotrophic species.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — Dedicated to Philippe Bouchet, in honour of his enthusiastic work to enhance our knowledge of the marine biodiversity of the southwest Pacific.</p>Published as part of <i>Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, pp. 481-586 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196</i> on pages 561-56
Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio 2008, n. sp.
No full text<i>Hirtomurex marshalli</i> n. sp. <p>Figs 108, 109</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (dd) MNHN 20235 and 3 paratypes (dd) MNHN 20236-20238.</p> <p>TYPE LOCALITY. — Norfolk Ridge, 24°55’ S, 168°22’ E, 513 m [SMIB 3: stn DW 3].</p> <p> MATERIAL EXAMINED. — <b>Norfolk Ridge</b>. SMIB 3: stn DW 3, stn DW 1684, Banc Éponge, 24°55’S, 168°22’E, 508-541 m, 24°55’ S, 168°22’ E, 513 m, 1 dd (holotype MNHN 20235, 1 dd (paratype MNHN 20238, Fig. 109); stn DW 1694, Banc Fig. 108). — NORFOLK 1: stn DW 1651, Banc N, 23°27’S, Introuvable, 24°40’S, 168°39’E, 575-589 m, 1 dd (paratype 167°50’E, 276-350 m, 1 dd (paratype MNHN 20236, broken); MNHN 20237).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — Known only from the area of the type locality, Norfolk Ridge, southwest Pacific, empty shells in 350-575 m.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION. — Shell of medium size for the genus, 22 mm high, 12 mm wide, fusiform with angled shoulder, thick. Protoconch eroded in available material.</p> <p>Teleoconch of 7+ whorls (tips missing in holotype and all paratypes). Spire high, conical, with flat sides, suture incised. Last whorl about 1/2 total height, angled at shoulder, curved at periphery, sharply constricted at base. Aperture long, oval, yet tapering anteriorly. Outer lip broken in holotype, crenulated on exterior, smooth internally, varicose (in the paratypes). Inner lip arcuate posteriorly, straight anteriorly, callous. Siphonal canal (damaged in holotype) long, broadly open; umbilical area narrow, with strongly twisted, imbricate fasciole, umbilical chink narrow and short.</p> <p>Teleoconch spiral sculpture of regularly alternating major cords and minor cordlets. A total of 14 cords and 14 cordlets on last teleoconch whorl; 6 cords and 4 cordlets visible above aperture. Third cord evident on second visible teleconch whorl, first and second becoming evident soon after. Both cords and cordlets covered by imbricate scaly spines. Third cord consistently stronger giving a keeled appearance to spire. Axial sculpture of 10 sharply elevated ribs, fading out over base. Orientation of ribs (in the same specimen) not constant, varying from slightly prosocline to orthocline, occasionally opisthocline. Some also slightly sinuous. Weak microsculpture of irregular scaly growth lines over entire teleoconch.</p> <p>Shell ground colour ivory-white, inside of aperture bright ivory-white.</p> <p> REMARKS. — <i>Hirtomurex marshalli</i> is similar to smooth forms of the <i>Babelomurex indicus</i> complex in shape and sculpture, but has a rather more rounded shell shape and a less angled periphery, and lacks sharp scaly projections on the axial costae.</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The new species is dedicated to Bruce Marshall (NMNZ) for his deep knowledge of the South Pacific fauna and his contribution to our understanding of molluscan biodiversity.</p>Published as part of <i>Oliverio, Marco, 2008, Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific, pp. 481-586 in Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196</i> on pages 551-55
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