A REVIEW OF THE NEW-ZEALAND RECENT SPECIES OF POIRIERIA JOUSSEAUME, 1880 (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA, MURICIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

Poirieria syrinx n. sp. is described and compared with P. zelandica (Q uoy and Gaimard, 1833) and P. kopua Dell, 1956. Poirieria syrinx is re corded from Early Pleistocene beds at Palliser Bay, and living at 482- 786 m off the east coast of the North Island. It is locally sympatric with P. zelandica, which is widely distributed off New Zealand at 0-54 0 m depth. Challenger Expedition specimens of P. zelandica reputedly f rom Tongatabu and the Kermadec Islands are considered to have been tra nslocated from Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. Poirieria kopua occ urs at 490-1006 m off the east coast of the South Island. Some groups with similar species are commented upon, including Pagodula Monterosat o, 1884 and Enirotrophon Iredale, 1929. The type species of Enixotroph on (Trophon carduelis Watson, 1883) is newly recorded from New Zealand , and its radula is illustrated for the first time.