Description of a New Perotrochus from the Coral Sea, Southwest Pacific (Gastropoda : Pleurotomariidae)

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  • 南西太平洋さんご海産オキナエビスガイ類の 1 新種の記載
  • 南西太平洋さんご海産オキナエビスガイ類の1新種の記載〔英文〕
  • ナンセイタ タイヘイヨウサン ゴカイサン オキナエビスガイルイ ノ 1 シン

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A new species of Pleurotomariid gastropod, Perotrochus deforgesi n. sp. dredged from the Chesterfield-Bellona Plateau, Coral Sea, is described. This new species is characterized by having depressed shell, strongly beaded spiral cords and discrete orange blotches that are restricted to below the selenizone. This is the third species of the genus Perotrochus recorded from SW Pacific.

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