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our long-time member Israel Bendersky of Forest Hills. The small, 
tan to dark brown muricids were dredged off Luanda, Angola, Africa. 
The authors remark: "Until the discovery of this new species, only 
one living representative of this genus was known to occur in the 
Atlantic Ocean." ... Pteropurpura benderskyi "differs from Ptero- 
purpura bequaerti (Clench and Peréz Farfan e, 1945), which ranges 
from North Carolina to the Dry Tortugas, in several characteristics 
(see fone) Aap eb data Es table 1). The two taxa clearly represent 
twin species, or cognates, separated by the pres 7 e 
water of the Atlantic haath a" fh F Pui a Rit overt wet 
The holotype of Pteropurpura benderskyi measures 23mm and is in the 
American Museum o atura istory. was dredged in 50 meters. 
Two paratypes were dredged in 80 meters. (Pages 2-4, figs. 1, 2.) 
The description of Murex (Pteropurpura) bequaerti was published in 
GOHNSUONTA,. VO.lc. Js NOQe aly. De4U, Die Cl, LLBDe Lo 2s, MAVs, 9420 
The second species is Favartia dorothyae, named in honor of Dorothy 
Janowsky, one of our directors and a very active member. The spe- 
cies was obtained in tangle or gill nets in about 30 meters off 
Punta Engano, Mactan Island, Philippines. The black and white pho- 
tographs cannot do justice to this beautiful little species as "The 
shell color ranging from warm-white to carmine with the early 
whorls golden-hued; characteristically with the columella, the dor- 
sal and ventral sides of the canal, and the base of the body whorl 
all strongly colored a rosy pink." In their remarks the authors 
point out that the "distinct apertural coloration and delicate 
frostlike sculpture may be easily distinguished from" (and they 
describe the differences in characters) “the following cogeners: 
F, marjorae ... F. balteata ... F. salmonea ... F. rosea ...." 
The holotype measures 15.9mm and is pictured on page %. LaeRaide Se 
It is in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History 
as are three paratypes. One of the paratypes is pictured on page 
4, figs. 15, 16. Text of description: pages 5, 6. 
D. Raeihle 

MALACOLOGICAL ARTICLE OF THE MONTH 
(Re: Diet of muricids) 
Dr. J. D. Taylor discusses the ‘Habitats and diet of predatory gas- 
tropods at Addu Atoll, Maldives" in an article published in the 
Journ. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 31: 83-103, January, 1978. 
Of the 50 predatory prosobranchs, the muricids were found to be the 
most diverse and abundant, with 18 species represented and feeding 
on other mollusks, polychaetes, sipunculids, and small crustacea. 
In the intertidal zone epifaunal mollusks are the main food, while 
in the shallow sublittoral zone polychaetes and sipunculids are 
chi 
efly fed on. Henry D. Russell 
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