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FIGURE 5 A–B in Developmental types and a new cryptic species of Chicoreus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea
Authors/Creators
- 1. Research Associate, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Institute of Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA CP
- 2. Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. & Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy.
- 3. Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Description
FIGURE 5 A–B. Detail of the columellar lip. A. Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1822), Papua New Guinea, Hansa Bay (Madang Province), Laing Island, RH; B. Chicoreus torrefactus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841), PAPUA NIUGINI, stn PR111, Papua New Guinea, 05°08' S, 145°49' E, 10-37 m, MNHN, 45.7 mm. C–E. Chicoreus torrefactus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841), PAPUA NIUGINI, stn PR111, 05°08' S, 145°49' E, 10-37 m, MNHN, 45.7 mm. F–R. Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1822). F–G. Locality unknown, lectotype MHNG 1099/22, 61.2 mm (reproduced from a slide by J. Dajoz); H–J. MONTROUZIER stn 1240, New Caledonia Sector of Touho, between Touho Bay and Atit Island, 24°47' S, 165°14–15' E, 0–2 m, MNHN-IM-2018-1789; K–L. SANTO 2006, E Aoré Island, Mambeto Point, 15° 34' S, 167°13' E, 12 m, MNHN-IM-2009-4998, 50.0 mm; M–N. Papua New Guinea, Hansa Bay (Madang Province), Laing Island, RH, 61.4 mm; O. Philippine Islands, Balabac Island, 10–30 m, RH, 57.6 mm; P–R. Belep Islands, North New Caledonia, RH, 16.9 mm. Red dot: specimen with protoconch examined. Scale bars: 2 cm (A, B), 0.5 mm (C, J, R).
Notes
Published as part of Houart, Roland, Russini, Valeria, Fassio, Giulia & Oliverio, Marco, 2025, Developmental types and a new cryptic species of Chicoreus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea, pp. 245-267 in Zootaxa 5723 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/17893411
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