Monstrotyphis tosaensis (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) collected from off-Satsuma Iōjima Island, northern Satsunan Islands, Japan

高知県土佐湾を模式産地として記載されたアッキガイ科のトサパイプヨウラクMonstrotyphis tosaensis（Azuma, 1960）が，鹿児島県薩摩硫黄島沖の水深239-240mより採集された。本種はこれまでに模式産地のほか和歌山県沖から記録されている。本報告は，この海域からの本種の採集初記録となる。The type locality of the family Muricidae Monstrotyphis tosaensis (Azuma, 1960) is listed as Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Specimens of the species have also been collected from off-Tanabe and off-Shionomisaki, both of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (Azuma, 1960; Koyama, 1997). We hereby report that additional specimens of the species were newly collected from off- Satsuma Iōjima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, at the depths of 239-240 m. This finding records the southernmost occurrence of the species