Turricula nelliae spurius ( Hedley, 1922 )

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on the two subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China seas, Zootaxa 1771, pp. 31-42 : 35-36

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)

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)

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.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1, Makiyamaia coreanica (CN Ky 4 B- 105); 2, Turricula sumatrana (CN E 35 B- 31); 3, 4, Nihonia santosi (CN V 521 B- 21); 5, 6, Leucosyrinx mai sp. nov. (holotype); 7, Comitas parvifusiformis sp. nov. (holotype); 8, same, enlarged protoconch.