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Beu A.G., Bouchet P. & Tröndlé J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
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The tonnoidean gastropod fauna of French Polynesia (54 species) includes 26 species recorded from the Austral Islands (including 10 from Rapa), 33 species from the Marquesas Islands, 39 from the Society Islands, 32 from the Tuamotu Islands, and 3 from the Tarava Seamounts. Most species have planktotrophic larval development and are distributed from East Africa to eastern Polynesia, but many common western Pacific species are not present. With the possible exception of Semicassis salmonea n. sp. (Cassidae), described from the Marquesas, and Gyrineum pusillum (Ranellidae), restricted to the Austral (and Tuamotu?) Islands in southeastern-most Polynesia, no species is endemic to any individual island groups, but several species with broad overall ranges are known from only one archipelago within French Polynesia. Three species (Monoplex intermedius, Septa peasei, Ranellidae; Distorsio graceiellae, Personidae) are much more common in the Marquesas Islands than further westwards. Three species of Bursidae (Bursa lamarckii, Bursina nobilis, Tutufa tenuigranosa) are recorded only from the Marquesas Islands, whereas the only record of Bursina fijiensis is from the Austral Islands. The two very similar species Bursa asperrima and B. cruentata have a complex distribution; only B. cruentata is common west of Hawaii, and only B. asperrima occurs east of Hawaii, but only B. cruentata has been collected at the Marquesas Islands. Ranella venustula is a synonym of Bursa rhodostoma. Neotypes are designated for Buccinum ponderosum Gmelin, 1791, B. nodulosum Gmelin, 1791, Cassis caputequinum Röding, 1798, C. denticulata Röding, 1798, C. glabra Röding, 1798, C. hamata Röding, 1798, Phalium edentulum Link, 1807, P. quadratum Link, 1807, Buccinum biarmatum Dillwyn, 1817, B. pantherina Dillwyn, 1817, Cassis tenuilabris Menke, 1828, and Dolium rufum Blainville, 1829, and lectotypes are designated for Buccinum cornutum Linnaeus, 1758, Murex bufonius Gmelin, 1791 and Cassis torquata Reeve, 1848.
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BATHUS 2,
BENTHAUS,
BIOCAL,
LITHIST,
MUSORSTOM 9,
NORFOLK 2,
RAPA 2002,
Restreint,
SALOMON 1,
SALOMON 2,
SMCB,
TARASOC
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Bouchet P. & Snyder M.A. 2013. New and old species of Benimakia (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) and a description of Nodolatirus, new genus. Journal of Conchology 41(3): 331-341
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Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. 2014. Cerithiopsidae and Newtoniellidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea Gray) from French Polynesia area (South Pacific Ocean). Novapex 15(1): 1-22
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Fifty-seven species of Cerithiopsidae and Newtoniellidae from French Polynesia are recorded and listed, extending their range distribution. A new genus, Australopsis, fifteen new species of Cerithiopsidae and two new species of Newtoniellidae are described.
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Dijkstra H.H. & Maestrati P. 2010. Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Zoosystema 32(2): 333-358
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Twenty-nine species of Pectinoidea (12 Propeamussiidae, 1 Entoliidae, 16 Pectinidae) are recorded from the Austral Islands, the southernmost archipelago of French Polynesia. One genus (Pectinidae Lamellipecten n gen) and five species (Propeamussiidae. Parvamussium australanum 0 sp, Cyclochlangs australensts n. sp, Cyclopecten amblguns n sp.; Pectinidae Lamellipecten aduncus n gen., O sp, Altmachlamys eryona n sp.) are new to science, and most others are new records lot the archipelago The near-shore fauna of Rapa has 12 species of Pecunidae. and half of-these have narrow-range distributions. Such a remaikably high level of marine endemism is shared by other mollusc taxa on Rapa.
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Fedosov A.E. & Stahlschmidt P. 2014. Revision of the genus Thetidos Hedley, 1899 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) in the Indo-Pacific with descriptions of three new species. Molluscan Research 34(4): 258-273. DOI:10.1080/13235818.2014.909557
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Geiger D.L. 2008. New species of scissurellids from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, and the Indo-Malayan Archipelago (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, Larocheidae). The Nautilus 122(4): 185-200
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Four new species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae are described from the Austral Archipelago, la reach Polynesia and the Indo-Malayan Archipelago: Sinezona danieldreieri new species, S. wiley new species (berth Scissurellidae), Anatoma rapaensis new species (Anatomidae) and Trogloconcha lozoueti new species (Larocheidae). One of the species is currently only known from the Austral Islands (T lozoueti), while the others seem to show a broad Indo-Malayan Archipelago to western Pacific distribution. Shells of all species and the radulae of S. danieldreieri, T. lozoueti, and A.rapaensis are illustrated with scanning electron micrographs.
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Houart R. & Tröndlé J. 2008. Update of Muricidae (excluding Coralliophilinae) from French Polynesia with description of ten new species. Novapex 9(2-3): 53-93
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The French Polynesian species of Muricidae are reviewed and updated. A total of 116 species is recognised; 10 of those are described as new to science: Poirieria (Paziella) tanaoa n.sp., Orania atea n.sp. and Pagodula atanua n.sp. from the Marquesas Archipelago, Aspella lozoueti n.sp. from Rapa, A. hildrunae n.sp. and A. helenae from the Society Archipelago. Favartia (F.) salvati n.sp. F. (F.) nivea n.sp., F. (Pygmaepterys) avatea n.sp. and Orania maestratii from the Austral Archipelago. Four additional species remained unidentified. The subfamily Thyphinae is recorded for the first time from French Polynesia. Favartia lillouxi Myers & Hertz, 1999 is considered as a new synonym of F. conleyi Houart, 1999 and F. guamensis Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979 is separated from F. crouchi (Sowerby, 1894). Tables listing the species and thier occurrence in the different Polynesian archipelagos are given for each subfamily. Twenty-six species are considered to be endemic.
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Kleemann K. & Maestrati P. 2012. Pacific Lithophaga (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from recent French expeditions with the description of two new species. Bollettino Malacologico 48: 73-102
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Pacific specimens of Lithophaga and its subgenus Leiosolenus, collected during recent French expeditions
to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Philippines and French Polynesia, were determined and described, including
two new species, Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) paraplumula n. sp. And Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) subattenuata
n. sp. From the twenty species, three belong to Lithophaga s.s. and seventeen to the subgenus
Leiosolenus. In order to help identification of the two new species and some others, selected specimens
are figured in left lateral, right lateral and dorsal view. A taxonomic key is provided for determination.
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BATHUS 1,
BENTHEDI,
CHALCAL 1,
CORAIL 2,
LAGON,
LIFOU 2000,
MD32 (REUNION),
MONTROUZIER,
MUSORSTOM 5,
MUSORSTOM 6,
PALEO-SURPRISE,
PANGLAO 2004,
Restreint,
RAPA 2002,
SANTO 2006
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Oliverio M. 2009. Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific). Zoosystema 31(4): 759-789
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The Coralliophilinae is a large subfamily of Muricidae, including 200-250 species that feed exclusively on anthozoans. The material collected during the expeditions BENTHAUS and RAPA 2002 at Austral Islands are reviewed. Twenty-eigth species are recorded, one species is described as new, Coralliophila australis n. sp., diagnosed by its large size and elongated shape. All but one species showed a planktotrophic development, 10 species (36%) were from shallow waters and 15 species (54%) from deep waters. The smaller proportion of deep water coralliophiline species (compared to the range and average on a global scale) in this marginal area of the Pacific, suggests that marginality may affect the deep water faunas more than the shallow water ones.
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Pizzini M. & Raines B. 2011. The Caecidae from French Polynesia with description of eight new species (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico 47: 23-46
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Sixteen species of Caecidae are discussed herein, coming from the South-Pacific Ocean. The specimens were collected from several of the 120 islands of French Polynesia. Eight species are described as new, i.e. C. tahitianum n. sp., C. danielei n. sp., C. kontiki n. sp., C. cooki n. sp., C. bounty n. sp., C. australe n. sp., C. geigeri n. sp. and Meioceras boucheti n. sp., along with additional data on other species. Furthermore, a morphotype of Strebloceras subannulatum Folin, 1879 from Tahiti is also illustrated and discussed.
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Schiaparelli S., Bieler R., Golding R.E., Rawlings T.A. & Collins T.M. 2017. A new species of Novastoa Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vermetidae) from coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy 323: 1-11. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.323
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A new species of vermetid gastropod belonging to the genus Novastoa Finlay, 1926, N. rapaitiensis sp. nov., is described from French Polynesia and the Great Barrier Reef, based on morpho-anatomical and molecular data, increasing the recognized extant diversity of this genus from five to six species. The new species is characterized by the largest operculum in the genus to date, with a conspicuous spindle-shaped mammilla that readily distinguishes this species from its congeners. Based on available data, members of the studied populations of N. rapaitiensis sp. nov. are interpreted as a single species, although slight morphological and color differences exist between localities separated by up to 7000 km. The larval development of N. rapaitiensis sp. nov. is inferred to be direct, raising new questions about genetic connectivity and dispersal trajectories across a vast geographic range. Additional molecular data may prove helpful in refining our current knowledge on the morphological variability within this species and verifying the degree of cryptic diversity in this genus.
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Schwabe E. & Lozouet P. 2006. Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Rapa, the southernmost island of Polynesia. Zoosystema 28(3): 617-633
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The RAPA 2002 workshop permitted the first comprehensive collection of polyplacophorans from the island of Rapa (Austral Islands, South Pacific) to be made. The collection includes three genera and three species, two of the species being new to science. The isolation of Rapa may explain the uniqueness of this small polyplacophoran fauna. The two new species are: Leptochiton hiriensis n. sp. and Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis n. sp. The latter species, which is the most common (83% of the specimens), is a brooder. Leptochiton hiriensis n. sp. differs from congeneric species of the same size in the sculpture of the valves, which show concentric growth marks in the central area and concentrically arranged nodules in the head valve, postmucronal region of the tail valve and the lateral areas. Chiton (Rhyssoplax) rapaitiensis n. sp. is compared to the related species C. (R.) linsleyi (Burghardt, 1973), C (R.) rhynchotus (de Rochebrune, 1884), and C. (R.) maldivensis (E. A. Smith in Gardiner, 1903). In addition to its smaller size, the new species differs in tegmental sculpture and in the ornamentation of the dorsal girdle scale. Onithochiton lyellii (Sowerby, 1832), a species also known from the Gambier Islands and Pitcairn Islands, is restricted herein to the Polynesian region. In addition to the descriptions of the new species, characters relevant in identification of O. lyellii are described and illustrated for the first time in scanning electron micrographs.
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Strong E.E. & Bouchet P. 2018. A rare and unusual new bittiine genus with two new species from the South Pacific (Cerithiidae, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 758: 1-18. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.758.25100
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A new genus, Limatium gen. n., and two new species, L. pagodula sp. n. and L. aureum sp. n. are described, found on outer slopes of barrier reefs and fringing reefs in the South Pacific. They are rare for cerithiids, which typically occur in large populations. The two new species are represented by 108 specimens sampled over a period of 30 years, only 16 of which were collected alive. Three subadults from the Philippines and Vanuatu likely represent a third species. In addition to their rarity, Limatium species are atypical for cerithiids in their smooth, polished, honey to golden brown shells with distinctive white fascioles extending suture to suture. The radula presents a unique morphology that does not readily suggest an affinity to any of the cerithiid subfamilies. Two live-collected specimens, one of each species and designated as holotypes, were preserved in 95% ethanol and sequenced. Bayesian analysis of partial COI and 16S rDNA sequences demonstrates a placement in the Bittiinae, further extending our morphological concept of the subfamily.
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ATIMO VATAE,
BATHUS 1,
BENTHAUS,
BORDAU 2,
CORAIL 2,
EBISCO,
INHACA 2011,
LAGON,
LIFOU 2000,
MONTROUZIER,
MUSORSTOM 3,
PANGLAO 2004,
RAPA 2002,
SANTO 2006,
Tuhaa Pae 2013,
Restreint
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Vilvens C. 2017. New species and new records of Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from the Pacific Ocean. Novapex 18(HS 11): 1-67
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New records of Chilodontidae species described from various Pacific localities are listed, extending their distribution.
15 new species are described from New Caledonia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands and Taiwan, and compared with similar species: Vaceuchelus cavernoides n. sp., V. phaios n. sp., V. rapaensis n. sp., Herpetopoma pantantoi n. sp., H. vitilevuense n. sp., H. hivaoaense n. sp., Euchelus polysarkon n. sp., Ascetostoma pteroton n. sp., Clypeostoma chranos n. sp., C. adelon n. sp., Pholidotrope asteroeides n. sp., P. choiseulensis n. sp., Danilia stroggylon n. sp., Perrinia cantharidoides n. sp. and P. guadalcanalensis n. sp.
Two new synonymies are established: Vaceuchelus saguili Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 from the Philippines is synonymized with V. favosus (Melvill & Standen, 1896), and V. vangoethemi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 from the Philippines is synonymized with V. clathratus (A.Adams, 1853)
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AURORA 2007,
BATHUS 1,
BATHUS 2,
BATHUS 3,
BATHUS 4,
BENTHAUS,
BERYX 11,
BIOCAL,
BIOGEOCAL,
BOA0,
BOA1,
BORDAU 1,
BORDAU 2,
CHALCAL 1,
CHALCAL 2,
CONCALIS,
CORAIL 2,
EBISCO,
KARUBAR,
LAGON,
LIFOU 2000,
Restreint,
MONTROUZIER,
MUSORSTOM 10,
MUSORSTOM 3,
MUSORSTOM 4,
MUSORSTOM 6,
MUSORSTOM 7,
MUSORSTOM 8,
MUSORSTOM 9,
NORFOLK 1,
NORFOLK 2,
PALEO-SURPRISE,
PANGLAO 2004,
PANGLAO 2005,
RAPA 2002,
SALOMON 1,
SALOMON 2,
SALOMONBOA 3,
SANTO 2006,
SMIB 3,
SMIB 8,
Restreint,
Restreint,
TAIWAN 2000,
TAIWAN 2001,
TAIWAN 2002,
VAUBAN 1978-1979,
VOLSMAR