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 Asperdaphne paramoretonica sp. nov. ( Figure 1A ) Types Holotype : SCS: 1 spec , CN L72B-39, 20°45 ′ N , 111°00 ′ E , silty mud, 32 m , BT, 26 April 1959 . Paratypes : SCS: 1 spec , CN S237B-6, 23°24 ′ N , 117°00 ′ E , silty mud, 14 m , AT, 24 April 1960 ; 1 spec , CN IV220-B, 18°15 ′ N , 108°45 ′ E , coarse sand and shell debris, 38 m , AT, 16 May 1960 . Description Shell fusiform, 14.6 × 5.2 mm , with large, wide, long aperture, siphonal canal long, gradually tapering, end broad, truncate, expanded. Outer lip slightly thickened; anal sinus shallow, presenting converse L. Whorls convex, especially the body whorl, weakly bicarinate. Overall sculpture cancellate, with subequal spiral and axial ridges, forming nodules where they cross. Spiral ridges three on first teleoconch whorl, about nine on penultimate whorl, 30 on base of last whorl. Axial ribs almost straight below suture, suture to suture, about 26 on penultimate whorl. Uniform orange brown. Protoconch damaged. Etymology “par”, Greek, para - = close to, similar to, resembling. The specific name implies the similarity of the new species with Asperdaphne moretonica Smith, 1882 . Distribution Only known from the type locality SCS, China . Remarks The new species is very close to Asperdaphne moretonica Smith, 1882 , but differs from it with its less coarse, less nodular shell sculpture.