* Pseudodaphnella? crasselirata (Hervier, 1897a)

(Figure 3G)

Clathurella albifuniculata var. Crasselirata Hervier, 1897a, p. 137.

Pseudodaphnella crasselirata – Hedley, 1922, p. 346, pl. 55, fig. 180.

Material examined

Xisha Is. 1 spec, CN 75M-498, Shudao Island (Xisha Is.), 7 April 1975 .

Distribution

Xisha Is.; Japan, Fiji Is. Not previously reported from China Seas.

Remarks

The only specimen has a less strong sculpture than that of the syntype of Pseudodaphnella crasselirata (Hervier 1897a) in NHMUK. In the present paper, we concur with Hedley (1922) that Hervier’ s crasselirata should be treated as a full species “in view of the confusion that surrounds Pleurotoma albifuniculata Reeve, 1846, I have preferred to use Hervier’ s name” (Hedley 1922, p. 346). Actually in the absence of type material of the latter, and in view of the unrecognizable type figure, Pleurotoma albofuniculata is here regarded as a nomen dubium.