Noteworthy and New Muricidae (Gastropoda) Collected in the East and South China Seas and off Taiwan

Abstract

Recent expeditions to the China Seas and off Taiwan have resulted in new geographical extensions and new species discoveries in the Muricidae: Abyssotrophon weijencheni n. sp. and Enixotrophon petalospeira n. sp. (Pagodulinae), Scabrotrophon fedosovi n. sp. (Trophoninae) and Siphonochelus hasegawai Houart, Buge & Zuccon, 2021 (Typhinae). A distribution map for each listed species completes the information. Additional information is given for Enixotrophon ziczac (Tiba, 1981) from Japan, not collected during these expeditions but compared with one of the new species described herein.