Turridrupa prestoni Powell, 1967

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 : 737-738

Turridrupa prestoni Powell, 1967

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Turridrupa prestoni Powell, 1967, p 423 ; pl. 301, fig. 4; Springsteen and Leobrera 1986, p 272; pl. 77, fig. 19.

Material examined

Nansha Islands. One specimen, CN SSVIIIB8-16 , 7°24′ N, 104°52′ E, muddy sand, 44 m, 9 June 1990 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Nansha Islands; Philippines. Not previously recorded from the China Seas.

Remarks

This species is very similar to Turridrupa jubata (Hinds, 1843) and their relationship needs investigation. The only Chinese specimen available has a broken lip and eroded apex. This is the first Chinese record of the species.

Figures

Figure 2. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A) Funa jeffreysii (Beibu Gulf, CN N177B- 47); (B) Funa latisinuata (SCS, CN Q119B-7-1); (C) Inquisitor japonicus (Yellow Sea, CN V462B-24-1); (D) Inquisitor nudivaricosus (ECS, CN V527B-35-1); (E) Inquisitor varicosus (Hainan Island); (F) Cheungbeia laterculata (Nansha Islands, SSBV27-14); (G) Cheungbeia kawamurai (CSC, CN 55-902-1); (H) Cheungbeia mindanensis (holotype,BM2); (I) holotype of Pleurotoma laterculata, BMNH 1874.12.11.293, Lombe Taylor collection, China Seas; length 30 mm; (J) Turridrupa prestoni (Nansha Islands, CN SSVIIIB8-16).