Four new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia

Houart, R.

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Four new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia

Houart, R. (2015). Four new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. The Nautilus 129(4): 143-155

In: The Nautilus. Bailey Matthews Shell Museum: Silver Spring. ISSN 0028-1344, more

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Keywords

Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Chicoreus Montfort, 1810 [WoRMS]; Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890 [WoRMS]; Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Timbellus De Gregorio, 1885 [WoRMS]
ISEW, Indonesia [Marine Regions]; ISEW, New Caledonia [Marine Regions]; ISEW, Papua New Guinea [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal

Author keywords

Muricoidea; Chicoreus; Timbellus; Dermomurex

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Abstract

Four new species of Muricidae are described from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia and compared with related species. One Timbellus species was collected in New Caledonia. Two other species are described from Papua New Guinea, respectively in Chicopinnatus and Dermomurex. The fourth species, also belonging in Chicopinnatus, originates from Indonesia.

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