Report on the two subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China seas Author Li, Baoquan Author Li, Xinzheng text Zootaxa 2008 1771 31 42 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274268 0eda36ff-c8fb-45da-9b18-47ff29b498d7 1175-5326 274268 Turricula javana (Linnaeus, 1767) (Figure 9) Murex javanus Linnaeus, 1767: 1221 , sp. 550. Pleurotoma nodifera (Linnaeus, 1767) . Lamarck, 1822 : 96; Kiener, 1839-40 : 22, pl. 12, fig. 1; Reeve, 1843 , pl. 4, fig. 28. Surcula javana (Linnaeus, 1767) . Tryon, 1884, pl. 5, fig. 63 (only); Melvill, 1917 , p 163. Turricula javana (Linnaeus, 1767) . Powell, 1969 : 235, pl. 192, figs. 10, 11, pl. 201, fig. 1. Material examined. Yellow Sea. (1). 3 spms, CN B-4, silt, 25 m , AT, 8 September 1992 ; ECS. (1). 1 spm, CN 53-752, Dongtou (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone, 17 June 1953 ; (2). 2 spms, Lianjian (Fujian Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, August 1954 ; (3). 7 spms, CN 56-818, Sijiao (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, 24 April 1996 ; (4). 3 spms, CN 53-730, Yuhuan and Kanmen (Zhejiang province), intertidal zone, 12 Apr 1953 ; (5). 3 spms, CN F48B-26, 30 °00'N, 122°45'E , silty mud, 42 m , AT, 8 December 1959 ; (6). 2 spms, CN 53-534, Xiangshan (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, 12 June 1953 ; (7). 1 spm, CN 53-741, Yuhuan and Kanmen (Zhejiang Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, 13 April 1953 . (8). 4 spms, CN C21B-21, 33 °00'N, 122°30'E , muddy sand, 28 m , AT, coll. Zhaojin ZHU, 4 July 1959 ; (9). 11 spms, CN C50B-26, 32 °30'N, 122°15'E , fine sand, AT; (10). 4 spms, CN D78B-3, 29 °30'N, 122°15'E , silt, 13 m , BT, 13 July 1959 ; (11). 1 spm, CN D121B-3, 28 °30'N, 120°30'E , silty mud, 65 m , BT, coll. Jixing LIU, 27 October 1959 ; (12). 1 spm, CN D47B-10, 29 °45'N, 122°30'E , silty mud, 24 m , BT, 12 July 1959 . SCS. (1). 1 spm, CN 54-667, Dongping (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, 10 November , 1954; (2). 3 spms, CN 54-668, Yangjiang and Dongping (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, 10 November 1954 ; (3). 2 spms, Nanhai and Shangchuan (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone, coll. Xiutong MA, 16 January 1959 ; (4). 2 spms, CN 57-966, Nanao (Guangdong Province), intertidal zone, 1 May 1957 ; (5). 2 spms, CN K40B-, 22°00'N , 113°30'E , 6 m , clay, BT, coll. Jixing SUN, April 1954 ; (6). 1 spm, CN 54-671, Dongping (Guangdong Province), interdidal zone, 12 November 1954 ; (7). 1 spm, CN K398B-26, 21 °45'N, 113°00'E , silt, 18 m , BT, 22 April 1959 ; (8). 11 spms, CN K40B-14, 22 °00'N, 113°30'E , silt, BT, 5 April 1959 ; (9) 137 spms, CN K78B-28, 22 °00'N, 113°30'E , silt, BT, 7 m , 18 October 1959 ; (10). 1 spm, CN 7-15, 22 °45'N, 116°00'E , silty mud, 23.9 m, AT, coll. Weiquan ZHANG , 25 January 1959 ; (11). 1 spm, CN SIII 23B-92, 22 °15'N, 115°30'E , sandy mud, 47.2 m, AT, coll. Weiquan ZHANG , 17 July 1959 . Measurements (mm) Distribution. Yellow Sea, ECS and SCS; Karachi, Dar-es-Salaam, Somali Coast and Southwest India . Remarks. This is a common species from the East and South China seas. Previously reported from the ECS and SCS by MA (2004) .