Paradrillia sp. 3

Li, Bao Quan, Kilburn, Richard N. & Li, Xin Zheng, 2010, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas, Journal of Natural History 44 (11 - 12), pp. 699-740 : 731

Paradrillia sp. 3

( Figure 5C )

Material examined

Bohai Gulf. One specimen, CN 0199 , Qinhuangdao , Hebei, 6 May 1950 ; 4 spms, Beidaihe, Hebei; 4 spms, CN 0031 , Beidaihe , Hebei, 2 May 1950 .

Yellow Sea. Four specimens, Yantai, Shandong ; 2 spms, CN 315 , Yantai , Shandong ; 7 spms, Jianggezhuang, Qingdao , Shandong , 13 September 1973.

SCS. One specimen, CN K3 A-8, 112°30′ E, 21°00′ N, muddy sand, 52 m, 26 February 1959 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Coast of Hebei (Qinhangdao, Beidaihe), Bohai Gulf, Shandong (Yantai, Qingdao), Yellow Sea, northern SCS .

Remarks

The specimens included here are not in fresh condition, although they are perhaps comparable with Drillia prunulum Melvill and Standen, 1901 , which Powell (1969) regarded as a subspecies of Paradrillia inconstans ( Smith, 1875) . However, the apparent sympatry and extreme variation claimed by Powell does not lend support to such a relationship. Compared with inconstans the last whorl in these specimens is more elongated and subcylindrical.

Figures

Figure 5. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A) Paradrillia sp. 1 (ECS, CN 0034-2); (B) Paradrillia sultana (ECS); (C) Paradrillia sp. 3 (Bohai Gulf); (D) Paradrillia sp. 2.(ECS).