Report on the two subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China seas
Author
Li, Baoquan
Author
Li, Xinzheng
text
Zootaxa
2008
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274268
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274268
Turricula nelliae spurius
(
Hedley, 1922
)
(Figure 10, 11)
Inquisitor spurius
Hedley, 1922
: 245
(nom. nov. for
Pleurotoma tuberculata
Gray, 1839
, non Pusch, 1836).
Brachytoma spuria
(
Hedley, 1922
)
.
Yen, 1942
: 239
, pl. 25, fig. 182.
Turricula nelliae spurius
(
Hedley, 1922
)
.
Powell, 1969
: 238
, pl. 197, figs. 2-7;
Ma, 2004
: 112
, pl. 0 67, fig. C.
Material examined. ECS.
(1). 1 spms,
Jiaozhou Bay
(Qingdao) intertidal zone; (2). 1 spm, CN 57-730, Yuhuan (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA,
12 June 1953
; (3). 19 spms, CN 56-818, Sijiao (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone,
24 April 1956
; (4). 3 spms, CN 57-610, off Sansha (Fujian Province),
26 February 1957
; (5) 1 spm, CN 53-752, Dongtou (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone,
17 June 1953
; (6). 12 spms, CN 57-711, Pingtan (Fujian Province), intertidal zone,
21 March 1957
; (7). 6 spms, CN 57-741, Yuhuan and Kanmen (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA,
13 June 1953
; (8). 2 spms, CN 53-553, Xiangshan and Shipu (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone,
28 April 1953
; (9). 2 spms, CN 84M-052, Dongshan (Fujian Province), intertidal zone,
14 April 1984
; (10). 12 spms, CN F23B-13,
29
°30'N,
122°45'E
, sandy mud,
50 m
, AT,
26 October 1959
;
SCS.
(1). 34 spms, CN 3-10, off Sanya Bay (Hainan Province), coll. Xiutong MA,
12 May 1981
; (2). 1 spm, CN 53-675, Pingyang and Jinxiang (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA,
31 May 1953
; (3). 7 spms, coll. Xiutong MA,
16 January 1959
; (4). 8 spms, CN 54- 668, Yangjiang and Dongping (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone,
10 December 1954
; (5). 4 spms, CN 58- M0781, Haikou (Hainan Province), intertidal zone,
20 May 1959
; (6). 2 spms, CN 54-249, Shantou and Haimen (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone,
15 March 1954
; (7). 1 spm, CN 54-418, Shanwei (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone,
11 April 1954
; (8). 4 spms, CN 57-969, Nanao (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone,
29 April 1957
; (9). 5 spms, CN 2-45,
20
°48'N,
110°45'E
, muddy sand,
21 m
, AT, coll. Zhican
TANG
,
14 January 1959
; (10). 2 spms, CN S159B-9,
22
°30'N,
116°00'E
, fine sand, 37.7 m, AT, coll. Weiquan
ZHANG
,
23 November 1959
; (11). 2 spms, CN S51B-23,
22
°45'N,
116°30'E
,
35 m
, AT, coll. Weiquan
ZHANG
,
4 April 1959
;
Beibu Gulf.
(1). 2 spms, CN Y85B-13,
18
°30'N,
108°30'E
,
27 m
, muddy sand, coll. Zhengang
FAN
,
13 February 1960
; (2). 6 spms, CN Y38B-56,
18
°30'N,
108°30'E
, 28.5 m, sandy mud, AT, coll. Zhengang
FAN
.
Measurements
(mm)
| CN Length |
Width |
Aperture |
W/L A/L |
| 56-818-2 38.9 |
13.8 |
19.2 |
0.35 0.49 |
| 57-730 36.0 |
12 |
17.5 |
0.33 0.49 |
| 3-10-1 23.5 |
11.5 |
11.9 |
0.49 0.51 |
| 3-10-2 17.8 |
8.0 |
9.5 |
0.45 0.53 |
| 3-10-3 13.1 |
5.5 |
6.2 |
0.42 0.47 |
Distribution.
ECS, SCS, Beibu Gulf; from Persian Gulf to
China
seas.
Remarks.
Hedley (1922)
gave
Pleurotoma tuberculata
Gray, 1839
(non
Pleurotoma tuberculata
Pusch, 1836
) a new name
Inquisitor spurious
.
Powell (1969)
reported that the nominal subspecies
Turricula nelliae nelliae
was known only from the
holotype
, and mentioned that “the finding of further topotypic material of
nelliae
may even alter the status of
nelliae
to that of a full species”. Given the key to the
nelliae
subspecies
Powell (1969)
provided,
T. nelliae spurius
can be separated from
T. nelliae nelliae
by the flexed anterior canal and fewer basal spiral with strong gemmae. Our specimens exactly agree with the descriptions and figures of
T. nelliae spurius
given by
Powell (1969)
.
Turricula nelliae spurius
is commonly found in the East and South
China
seas. Previously reported from the SCS by
Ma (2004)
.
*
Turricula sumatrana
(
Thiele, 1925
)
(
Figure 2
)
Surcula sumatrana
Thiele, 1925
: 335
, pl. 24, fig. 18.
Turricula sumatrana
(
Thiele,1925
)
.
Powell, 1969
: 245
, pl. 203, fig. 2.
Material examined. ECS.
(1). 1 shell, CN 11-3,
28
°00'N,
121°30'E
, 13.5 m, silty mud, AT, coll. Guangyu LIN,
10 January 1959
; (2). 1 shell, CN E35B-31,
31
°30'N,
123°00'E
,
57 m
, silty mud, coll. Guangyu LIN,
14 July 1959
; (3). 1 shell, CN 75M-2349, Dongshan (Fujian Province), intertidal zone, coll. Shoupeng
SHEN
,
25 May 1975
.
Measurements
(mm)
| CN |
Length |
Width |
Aperture |
W/L |
A/L |
| 11-3 |
16.8 |
6.1 |
8.5 |
0.36 |
0.51 |
| E35B-31 |
20.2 |
7.2 |
10.2 |
0.36 |
0.50 |
| 75M-2349 |
8.9 |
3.7 |
4.6 |
0.42 |
0.52 |
Distribution.
ECS; West Sumatra Island,
Indonesia
.
Remarks.
Only two empty shells were collected from the ECS. The species was not previously recorded from the
China
seas.