Fig. 4E
Murex pallidus Broderip, 1832: 194
Trophon crispus — Melvill & Standen, 1907: 136
Trophon crispus var. burdwoodianum Strebel, 1908: 38, pl. 1, figs. 15a–c
Trophon (Fuegotrophon) pallidus — Powell, 1951: 157, figs. L85, N111 (synonymy, protoconch and radula)
Fuegotrophon pallidus — Pastorino, 2002: 131
Examined material. 2 an. and 10 sh. (MACN-In 40690).
Description. Shell height to 22 mm (up to 27.1 mm according to Strebel 1908); fusiform, solid. Protoconch large, smooth of 1.75 markedly convex whorls (not visible in the figure). Teleoconch of up to 3.25 whorls, markedly convex in outline; last whorl comprising about 75% of total shell height. Suture deep, impressed. Surface white; sculptured with 3 to 5 spiral cords, and 10 to 11 low primary axial ribs, undulated at their intersections; interspaces with secondary axial ribs; base with 5 to 6 additional cords. Aperture ovate, interior white; outer lip expanded, thick; columellar callus thick; siphonal canal long, somewhat oblique, moderately narrow. Operculum ovate, with subterminal nucleus; pale brownish.