Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge &amp; Oliverio 2004
Creators: name: Oliverio, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricidae
Coralliophila
Coralliophila rhomboidea

description: <i>Coralliophila rhomboidea</i> Kosuge &amp; Oliverio, 2004 Fig. 44 <i>Coralliophila rhomboidea</i> Kosuge &amp; Oliverio, 2004: 148, figs 1-3. TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype (lv) MNHN 2214 and 1 paratype (lv) MNHN 2215. <b>FIGS 41-51</b>. Teleoconchs of <i>Coralliophila s.l.</i> and <i>Rhizochilus</i>. <b>41, 42</b>, <i>C</i>. <i>pulchella</i> (A. Adams, 1854); <b>41</b>, BATHUS 1 stn DW 692, H 11.8 mm; <b>42</b>, CHALCAL 2 stn DW 83, H 12.6 mm. <b>43</b>, <i>C. carolae</i> D’Attilio &amp; Myers, 1984, LAGON stn 933, H 20.0 mm. <b>44</b>, <i>C. rhomboidea</i> Kosuge &amp; Oliverio, 2004, holotype MNHN 2214, SMIB 3 stn DW 29, H 19.9 mm. <b>45</b>, <i>C. crebrilamellosa</i> (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913), MUSORSTOM 8 stn DW 1042, H 12.9 mm. <b>46</b>, <i>C. nodosa</i> (A. Adams, 1854), CHALCAL 2 stn DW 71, H 14.8 mm. <b>47</b>, <i>C. fimbriata</i> (A. Adams, 1954), LAGON stn 640, H 16.9 mm. <b>48</b>, <i>C. robillardi</i> (Lienard, 1870), EXPÉDITION MONTROUZIER stn 1319, H 9.7 mm; <b>49</b>, LIFOU 2000 stn 1459, H 7.7 mm. <b>50, 51</b>, <i>Rhizochilus</i> cf. <i>antipathum</i> Steenstrup, 1850; <b>50</b>, LIFOU 2000 stn DW 1650, H 12.0 mm; <b>51</b>, 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. <i>Coralliophila crebrilamellosa</i> (G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913) Fig. 45 <i>Pseudomurex crebrilamellosus</i> G.B. Sowerby [third of the name], 1913: 559. Synonym: <i>Coralliophila zuluensis</i> Barnard, 1959: 192, fig. 39b. TYPE MATERIAL. — <i>Pseudomurex crebrilamellosus</i>: syntype BMNH 1914.1.7.274, figured by Kosuge &amp; Suzuki (1985, pl. 25, fig. 9) and Higo <i>et al</i>. (2001: 67, fig. G2419). — <i>Coralliophila zuluensis</i>: holotype SAM, Kosuge (1986b: pl. 27, fig. 7). TYPE LOCALITY. — <i>P. crebrilamellosus</i>: Kii Peninsula, central Honsh&amp;umacr;, Japan. — <i>C. zuluensis</i>: off O’Neill Peak, 164 m [90 fms], Zululand, eastern South Africa. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — <b>Vanuatu</b>. 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 <i>Mipus</i> de Gregorio, 1885, here used in a restricted sense.
description: 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 514-516
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