A NEW CORALLIOPHILID-LIKE MURICID (GASTROPODA, MURICIDAE) FROM THE CORAL SEA

Authors
BOUCHET P HOUART R
Citation
P. Bouchet et R. Houart, A NEW CORALLIOPHILID-LIKE MURICID (GASTROPODA, MURICIDAE) FROM THE CORAL SEA, Journal of Conchology, 35, 1994, pp. 131-135
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of Conchology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220019
Volume
35
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
131 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0019(1994)35:<131:ANCM(M>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Xastilia kosugei n. gen., n.sp. is described from depths of 250-300 m on Capel Bank, a guyot in the Coral Sea, SW Pacific. The shell resembl es those of the Coralliophilidae, but its radula is characteristic of the muricid subfamily Muricopsinae.