Fifty-eight muricid species were collected during recent expeditions to
Fiji, including 3 new species. A review of the literature added another
37 species reliably recorded from the archipelago, bringing the total
muricid fauna of Fiji to 95 species. Twenty-five species, including 14
shared with Fiji, are reported from Tonga. Bouchetia n. gen. is
described for Poirieria (Paziella) vaubanensis Houart, 1986, originally
described from New Caledonia and now recorded from Fiji. Conchatalos
spinula n. sp. and Prototyphis gracilis n. sp. are described from Fiji;
Murexsul merlei n. sp. is described from Fiji and Tonga. Attiliosa
caledonica (Jousseaume, 1881), formerly treated as a synonym or
subspecies of Attiliosa nodulifera (Sowerby, 1841), is recognized as a
valid species, as both species co-occur in Fiji without intermediates.
Pascula ambonensis Houart, 1996, Tritonidea lefevreiana Tapparone
Canefri, 1880 and Pentadactylus paucimaculatus Sowerby, 1903 are
reclassified in Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953.Citation: Southwestern Pacific OBIS (2014). Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from
Fiji and Tonga. Southwestern Pacific OBIS, National Institute of Water
and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 277 records.Online: http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=muricidae_fiji_tonga Released on June 10, 2014.Bibliographic Citation: Houart, R. & Héros, V. 2008. — Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from
Fiji and Tonga, in Héros, V., Cowie, R. H. & Bouchet, P. (eds),
Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire
naturelle 196: 437-480. Paris ISBN: 978-2-85653-614-8. Houart &
Héros (2008)