Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas Author Li, Baoquan Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Yantai, PR China; Author Li, Xinzheng Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China text Journal of Natural History 2014 2014-03-10 48 17 999 1025 journal article 21046 10.1080/00222933.2013.861939 31283f24-de4e-4e42-a292-6c43c8107a6f 1464-5262 4006801 Veprecula sp. ( Figure 4C ) Material examined SCS. 1 spec , CN K146A-15, 20°30 ′ N , 112°00 ′ E , muddy sand, 68 m , 4 April 1960 . Distribution SCS. Remarks This specimen resembles Veprecula vepratica (Hedley, 1903) , but differs from the latter in shell shape. The obvious characters of this species are the prickly nodules formed by axial ribs crossing the spiral ridges. This specimen is also close to Veprecula hedleyi Melvill, 1917 , but difffers from the latter by having more numerous and slowly growing whorls, and more teleoconch whorls.