Lophiotoma deshayesii (Doumet, 1839)

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas, Zootaxa 1778, pp. 1-25 : 14-15

Lophiotoma deshayesii (Doumet, 1839)

(Pl. 3, figs. 2-3)

Pleurotoma deshayesii Reeve 1843 , pl. 3, fig. 19.

Pleurotoma indica .—Tryon 1884: 168, pl. 6, fig. 80.

Turris polytropa .— Kira 1971: 92, pl. 35, fig. 16.

Gemmula (Unedogemmula) deshayesii .— Powell 1964: 270, pl. 175, figs. 7, 8, pl. 210, figs. 1, 2.

Material examined. Bohai Gulf. 1 spm, CN 0 0 0 3, Beidaihe, Hebei Province, intertidal zone, IV. 1950; 1 spm, CN H225B-2, 40 °05’N, 121°38’E, 23 m, mudy sand, AT, 18. VII. 1952; 1 spm, CN H395-12, 40 °05’N, 121°38’E, 17 m, muddy sand, AT, 27. X. 1959; 2 spms, CN H333B-8, 40 °32’N, 120°59’E, 18.4 m, muddy sand, AT, 31. X. 1959. Ye ll ow S e a. 6 spms, CN 104B-14, 32 °30’N, 124°00’E, 43 m, AT, 9. XI. 1959; 1 spm, CN Y 407B-3, 34 °00’N, 121°15’E, 17 m, muddy sand, AT, 28. X. 1959; 1 spm, CN Y 271B-31, fine sand, 9.5 m, AT, 12. VII. 1959; 1 spm, CN 56-105, Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, Shandong Peninsula, 9. VIII. 1956. ECS. 1 spm, CN 57-892, Dongshan, Fujian Province, intertidal zone, 18. IV. 1957; 3 spms, CN 57-711, Pingtan, Fujian Province, intertidal zone, 21. III. 1957; 1 spm, CN 53-657, Pingyang, Zhejiang Province, intertidal zone, 31. V. 1953; 2 spms, CN 57-610, Sansha, Fujian Province, intertidal zone, 26. II. 1957. Beibu Gulf. 5 spms, CN Q184B-42, 109 °30’E, 20°30’N, 16 m, muddy sand, AT, 17. IV. 1960; 1 spm, CN K264B-20, 18 °30’N, 108°30’E, 25 m, coarse sand, AT, 23. X. 1960. SCS. 11 spms, CN N55B-1, 21°15N, 110°45’E, 12 m, muddy sand, AT, 11. VII. 1959; 2 spms, CN N190B-16, 21°15N, 110°45’E, 12 m, coarse sand, AT, 10. IV. 1960; 1 spm, CN N134B-31, 19°15N, 110°45’E, fine sand, 35 m, AT; 2 spms, CN 55-848, Yinggehai, Hainan Island, intertidal zone, 8. IV. 1955; 3 spms, CN 57-966, Nan’ao, Guangdong Province, intertidal zone, 1. V. 1957.

Measurements (mm).

Distribution. Bohai Gulf, Yellow Sea, East and South China Seas; Japan, Philippines. Remarks. This species has a wide range in China seas, from Bohai Gulf southward to South China Sea. The specimens agree with the descriptions of Powell, 1964.

PLATE 3. Species of Subfamily Turrinae , fig. 1. Gemmula speciosa (CN X228B-1); 2-3. Lophiotoma deshayesii (CN N134B-31); 4-5. L. unedo (CN K218B-15); 6. L. notata (CN N67B-41-2); 7. L. indica indica (CN SSVIII8-16); 8. L. leucotropis (CN 57-966-1).