Turricula javana (Linnaeus, 1767)

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 : 33-34

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).