The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region
Houart, R. (1995). The Trophoninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of the New Caledonia region, in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167: pp. 459-498
In: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1995). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-217-9. 654 pp., more
In: Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISSN 0078-9747, more
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Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903 [WoRMS]
ISEW, New Caledonia [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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New Caledonian representatives of the muricid subfamily Trophoninae are revised. Two new genera are described and a total of 32 species are recorded, of which 24 are new to science. One species is refered to Apixystus Iredale, 1929, four to Trophonopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882, twenty-two to Leptotrophon n. gen., four to Conchatalos n. gen., and one to Litozamia Iredale, 1929. Two species formerly described in Poirieria (Paziella) (Muricinae) are transfered to Trophoninae. Three species are also known from SE and E Australia, and/or from Indonesia. The others are known only from the New Caledonian region. Most species live between 250 and 775 meters; only one species occurs in 105-110 m and three range deeper than 1000 m. |
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