Pleurotomariidae

Patrick Anseeuw

Identification of all the specimens approved by Patrick Anseeuw (Merelbeke, Belgium)

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Bathrotomaria annejoffeae Harasewych & Kiel, 2007 † (coll. F. Nolf)

12812. Sakaraha, off Toliara, SW Madagascar – fossil – H. 50.13 mm L. 54.16 mm

Bathrotomaria bedetteae Harasewych & Kiel, 2007 † (coll. F. Nolf)

12813. Sakaraha, off Toliara, SW Madagascar – fossil – H. 60.14 mm L. 78.62 mm

Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948) (coll. F. Nolf)

05250h. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 250 m – July 2005 – H. 46.55 mm L. 59.34 mm

05250k. off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 350 m – December 1998 – H. 47.02 mm L. 54.88 mm

05250j. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 800 m – November 2003 – H. 41.11 mm L. 56.78 mm

05250. off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – trawled at a depth of 300 m – February 1976 – H. 77.42 mm L. 92.82 mm

05250m. off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 500 m – H. 76.65 mm L. 87.76 mm

05250b. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 200 m – 2002 – H. 75.76 mm L. 101.40 mm

05250d. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 700 m – November 2003 – H. 80.47 mm L. 103.06 mm

05250g. South off Bazaruto Island, Mozambique – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 250 m – January 2006 – H. 88.87 mm L. 112.03 mm

05250c. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 800 m – November 2003 – H. 26.83 mm L. 112.03 mm

05250f. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 800 m – November 2008 – H. 96.49 mm L. 123.43 mm

05250n. off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – 1998 – H. 88.13 mm L. 107.38 mm

05250e. South of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 250 m – January 2006 – H. 94.91 mm L. 117.46 mm

05250a. off Toliara, SW Madagascar – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 200 m – 2002 – H. 93.32 mm L. 128.45 mm

Bayerotrochus belauensis Anseeuw, Bell & Harasewych, 2017
Bayerotrochus boucheti (Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001) (coll. F. Nolf)

10276. Norfolk Ridge, off South New Caledonia – trawled at a depth of 450 m – October 2001 – H. 66.93 mm L. 89.66 mm

10276a. Norfolk ridge, New Caledonia – trawled at a depth of 450 m – October 2001 – H. 66.93 mm L. 93.65 mm

10276b. South of Isle of Pines, New Caledonia – dredged by ORSTROM at a depth of 500 m – H. 73.06 mm L. 94.23 mm

Bayerotrochus boucheti mirificus Anseeuw, 2016 (coll. G.T. Poppe)

985991. off SE Chesterfield Island, New Caledonia, Coral Sea – dredged at a depth of 400 m – 2005 – 51 mm

Bayerotrochus charlestonensis (Askew, 1987) (coll. F. Nolf)

04212. off Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras – from submarine at a depth of 370 m – H. 47.17 mm L. 69.71 mm

Bayerotrochus delicatus Zhang & Wei, 2016
Bayerotrochus diluculum (Okutani, 1979) (coll. P. Anseeuw)

Irosaki, Niishima, western Izu Islands, Japan – 2009 – H. 69.0 mm L. 93.2 mm

Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999) (coll. F. Nolf)

10268. Andaman Islands, Gulf of Bengal – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 300 m – April 2003 – H. 57.01 mm L. 74.72 mm

10268a. off Visakhapatnam, SE India, Andaman Sea – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 400 m – March 2002 – H. 60.26 mm L. 76.45 mm

Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1965) (coll. F. Nolf)

10329a. off Berry Islands, Bahamas – from submarine at a depth of 700 m – 1983 – H. 78.42 mm L. 106.48 mm

10329. off Fernandez Bay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, West Indies – from submarine on vertical wall at a depth of 850 m – 1982 – H. 90.61 mm L. 116.25 mm

Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006 (coll. F. Nolf)

11277. Balut Island, South Mindanao, Philippines – from fishermen by tangle net – H. 47.55 mm L. 61.74 mm

11277a. Balut Island, Philippines – from fishermen by tangle net at a depth of 200 m – February 2008 – H. 50.94 mm L. 64.63 mm

Bayerotrochus poppei (Anseeuw, 2003) (coll. G.T. Poppe)

985995. NW Tongatapu, Tonga – depth: 501 m – 2000 – 58 mm

Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967) (coll. P. Anseeuw)

Guadeloupe – depth: 300 m – H. 46.51 mm L. 62.74 mm

Bayerotrochus tangaroana (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982) (coll. F. Nolf)

12810. off North Island, New Zealand – dredged by Russian research vessel at a depth of 600 m – 1989 – H. 41.83 mm L. 54.94 mm

Bayerotrochus teramachii (Kuroda, 1955) (coll. F. Nolf)

05251t. off Pratas Islands, Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – 1999 – H. 64.76 mm L. 73.44 mm

05251w. off Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets – February 1999 – H. 62.44 mm L. 87.88 mm

05251a. Taiwan – trawled by fishermen – H. 72.38 mm L. 102.74 mm

05251r. off Tanegashima, Japan – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 260 m – January 2005 – H. 74.12 mm L. 102.03 mm

05251d. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, China, East China Sea – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 250 m – 2013 – H. 76.61 mm L. 100.70 mm

05251g. off Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 360 m – September 1985 – H. 80.81 mm L. 102.18 mm

05251j. off Pratas Islands, Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – 1999 – H. 75.34 mm L. 106.38 mm

05251m. South of Kyushu, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – 2006 – H. 80.71 mm L. 111.51 mm

05251n. off Pratas Islands, Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 250 m – 1999 – H. 81.35 mm L. 110.69 mm

05251b. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, China, East China Sea – trawled on sand bottom at a depth of 250 m – 2012 – H. 86.04 mm L. 111.92 mm

05251f. Taiwan – trawled by fishermen – 1997 – H. 85.42 mm L. 114.10 mm

05251p. off Pratas Islands, Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 250 m – 1999 – H. 89.49 mm L. 119.93 mm

05251h. off Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan – trawled in deep water – 1990 –

H. 94.75 mm L. 129.02 mm

05251. off Tosa, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 183 m – 1974 –

H. 103.52 mm L. 144.43 mm

Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987) (coll. F. Nolf)

07767a. off Scott Reef, Western Australia, Australia – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 450 m – 1989 – H. 70.87 mm L. 96.14 mm

07767e. off Broome, Western Australia, Australia – dredged by fishermen on muddy sand at a depth of 350 m – 1986 – H. 78.12 mm L. 97.95 mm

07767h. off Broome, Western Australia, Australia – dredged by fishermen on muddy sand bottom at a depth of 350 m – 1986 – H. 75.58 mm L. 100.43 mm

07767. off Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia – dredged at 280 km offshore at a depth of 900 m – 1985 – H. 85.02 mm L. 99.22 mm

07767d. off Scott Reef, Western Australia, Australia – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 450 m – 1989 – H. 88.28 mm L. 98.99 mm

07767j. off Scott Reef, Western Australia, Australia – trawled by fishermen – 1989 – H. 95.50 mm L. 109.86 mm

07767k. off Visakhapatnam, SE India – trawled by research ship about 200 miles offshore at a depth of 200 m – December 2003 – H. 76.79 mm L. 95.07 mm

Entemnotrochus adansonianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1861) (coll. F. Nolf)

08816d. Islas de la Bahia, off Roatan Island, Honduras – from submarine at a depth of 250 m – April 2002 – H. 87.13 mm L. 107.87 mm

08816. off Grand Bahama Island, Bahama Islands – on wall at a depth of 120 m – 1997 – H. 89.55 mm L. 121.09 mm

08816c. Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas – depth: 325 m – 1995 –

H. 102.71 mm L. 123.99 mm

08816b. Islas de la Bahia, off Roatan Island, Honduras – from submarine at a depth of 250 m – April 2002 – H. 111.47 mm L. 131.19 mm

08816a. Guadeloupe, Lesser Antiles – trawled at a depth of 300 m –

H. 117.58 mm L. 138.50 mm

Entemnotrochus adansonianus bermudensis Okutani & Goto, 1983 (coll. F. Nolf)

12814. off Castle Harbour, Bermuda – from crab traps at a depth of 380 m – August 2002 – H. 63.98 mm L. 75.30 mm

12814a. Gurnet Rock, south shore of Bermuda – from crab pots at a depth of 330 m – 1989 – H. 63.77 mm L. 72.93 mm

Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879) (coll. F. Nolf)

08759i. off NE Taiwan – dredged by coral boat at 250 m – H. 187 mm L. 247 mm

08759c. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 285 m – October 2014 – H. 65.48 mm L. 80.84 mm

08759d. Balut Island, S Minandao, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets – August 1999 – H. 70.17 mm L. 93.07 mm

08759b. Balut Island, S Minandao, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets at a depth of 250 m – April 1999 – H. 90.95 mm L. 114.76 mm

08759e. Davao, Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets – November 1997 – H. 100.50 mm L. 139.25 mm

08759g. off NE Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – February 2000 – H. 107.86 mm L. 130.02 mm

08759f. near Onno-Jima Island, Danjo Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 185 m – August 2003 – H. 119.23 mm L. 148.87 mm

08759j. South of Kyushu, Japan – by fishermen at a depth of 250 m – January 2006 – H. 122.9 mm L. 159.6 mm

08759h. Balut Island, S Mindanao, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with bottom nets at a depth of 275 m – December 1999 – H. 127.8 mm L. 162.3 mm

08759. Balut Island, S Mindanao, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with bottom nets at a depth of 250 m – April 1999 – H. 137.7 mm L. 182.8 mm

08759k. Davao, Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets at a depth of 200 m – February 2006 – H. 158.4 mm L. 175.1 mm

08759a. Aliguay Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets at a depth of 250 m – October 2002 – H. 171.6 mm L. 211.7 mm

Entemnotrochus rumphii var. urashima Shikama & Oishi, 1977 (coll. F. Nolf)

12817. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 285 m – October 2014 – H. 55.85 mm L. 62.64 mm

Mikadotrochus beyrichii (Hilgendorf, 1885) (coll. F. Nolf)

08761m. off Katsuyama, Uraga Strait, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – trawled with crab-gill nets at a depth of 225 m – on rocks – April 2004 – H. 58.85 mm L. 63.77 mm

08761g. off Katsuyama, Uraga Strait, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – trawled with gill nets at a depth of 200 m – on rocks – December 2002 – H. 63.18 mm L. 70.34 mm

08761. off Boso Peninsula, Uraga Strait, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – trawled at a depth of 100 m – May 1995 – H. 72.54 mm L. 81.41 mm

08761b. off Katsuyama, Uraga Strait, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – trawled with gill nets at a depth of 200 m – on rocks – December 2003 – H. 72.88 mm L. 75.99 mm

08761a. off Katsuyama, Uraga Strait, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – trawled with bottom nets at a depth of 200 m – on rocks – December 2003 – H. 78.23 mm L. 77.68 mm

08761c. off Katsuyama, Uraga Strait, Chiba Prefecture, Japan – trawled with gill nets – on rocks – H. 82.03 mm L. 91.42 mm

Mikadotrochus hirasei (Pilsbry, 1903) (coll. F. Nolf)

06262s. off Onno-Jima Island, Danjo Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan – trawled at a depth of 185 m – August 2003 – H. 57.76 mm L. 73.04 mm

06262xx. off Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 100 m –

H. 58.87 mm L. 76.34 mm

06262tt. off Onno-Jima Island, Danjo Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan – trawled at a depth of 185 m – August 2003 – H. 62.54 mm L. 69.35 mm

06262ff. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, China, East China Sea – trawled at a depth of 250 m – 2013 – H. 66.14 mm L. 82.44 mm

06262rr. off Danio Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 185 m – 1990 – H. 65.73 mm L. 64.71 mm

06262u. off Onna-Jima Island, Danjo Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 160 m – 2000 – H. 69.07 mm L. 78.61 mm

06262mm. near Onna-Jima Island, Danjo Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 185 m – August 2003 – H. 70.74 mm L. 85.53 mm

06262n. off Diaoyutai, NE Taiwan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 100 m – March 2002 – H. 74.80 mm L. 86.15 mm

06262l. E of Hainan Island, China, East China Sea – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – October 2003 – H. 79.25 mm L. 89.28 mm

06262k. Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – 1985 – H. 75.60 mm L. 91.41 mm

06262ee. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, China, East China Sea – trawled at a depth of 250 m on a sandy bottom – 2013 – H. 82.34 mm L. 86.87 mm

06262a. Sagami Bay, Japan – trawled by shrimper at a depth of 150 m –

H. 84.11 mm L. 93.02 mm

06262c. off Dong Tou, Zhejiang Province, China, East China Sea – trawled at a depth of 250 m on a sandy bottom – August 2013 – H. 92.25 mm L. 100.97 mm

06262kk. Hainan Island, China, East China Sea – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – October 2003 – H. 90.72 mm L. 96.63 mm

06262jj. off Goto Island, Nagasaki, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 300 m – October 2001 – H. 96.08 mm L. 99.45 mm

06262y. off Teuchi, Shimo Koshiki Island, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen – 1995 – H. 93.81 mm L. 93.20 mm

06262j. off Saint Esprit Bank, E of Hainan Island, China – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 240 m – October 2003 – H. 91.11 mm L. 98.31 mm

06262m. Nagasaki, Ukujima, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 225 m – May 1998 – H. 95.39 mm L. 98.90 mm

06262i. off Ushibuka Oki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 135 m – February 2002 – H. 99.85 mm L. 101.25 mm

06262hh. Ushibuka, Kumamoto-ken, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 175 m – 1975 – H. 107.04 mm L. 112.65 mm

Mikadotrochus oishii Shikama, 1973 (coll. F. Nolf)

12820. off Pescadores Islands, South Taiwan, East China Sea – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 200 m – H. 90.28 mm L. 111.02 mm

Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle, 1887) (coll. F. Nolf)

06261e. off Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 230 m – October 2003 – H. 57.55 mm L. 59.97 mm

06261d. off Kaohsiung, Taiwan – trawled by fishermen – October 1997 –

H. 70.02 mm L. 67.31 mm

06261c. off North Taiwan – trawled by fishermen – H. 89.89 mm L. 81.95 mm

06261. NE Taiwan – trawled by fishermen – H. 99.79 mm L. 97.10 mm

06261b. Balut Island, Averthern Mindanao, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets at a depth of 250 m – August 2001 – H. 118.98 mm L. 110.81 mm

Mikadotrochus salmianus neocaledonicus Anseeuw, 2016
Mikadotrochus vicdani (Kosuge, 1980) (coll. F. Nolf)

08757n. off Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 100 m – April 2000 – H. 35.33 mm L. 36.82 mm

08757j. Balicasag Island, Bohol, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with bottom net at a depth of 250 m – January 2004 – H. 42.07 mm L. 47.16 mm

08757k. Balut Island, Mindanao, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets – 1990 – H. 43.88 mm L. 43.72 mm

08757f. Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets at a depth of 330 m – December 1999 – H. 45.88 mm L. 52.07 mm

08757e. Okino-Daito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 175 m – December 2001 – H. 48.31 mm L. 54.35 mm

08757c. Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen at a depth of 330 m – December 1999 – H. 53.31 mm L. 55.81 mm

08757d. Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with bottom net at a depth of 300 m – February 1998 – H. 53.56 mm L. 58.28 mm

08757b. Sarangan, Balut Island, Philippines – trawled by fishermen with tangle nets at a depth of 375 m – 1998 – H. 66.56 mm L. 78.08 mm

Perotrochus amabilis Bayer, 1963 (coll. F. Nolf)

09227. off Fort Myers, Florida, Gulf of Mexico – dredged at a depth of 365 m –

H. 66.58 mm L. 82.97 mm

09227a. 20 miles off Key West, off Florida, USA – collected by submarine in small sea mounts at a depth of 175 m – October 2003 – H. 69.04 mm L. 89.40 mm