Aguilaria subochracea ( Smith, 1877 )

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 : 701-703

Aguilaria subochracea ( Smith, 1877)

( Figure 1A )

Pleurotoma (Drillia) subochracea Smith, 1877, p 493 . Type loc.: China Seas (probably).

Ptychobela subochracea: Springsteen and Leobrera 1986, p 270 , pl. 77, fig. 13.

Aguilaria subochracea: Taylor and Wells 1994, p 114 , pl. 1j, 2j–l (radula).

Inquisitor subochracea: Chang and Wu 2000 , pl. 19, fig. 21.

Material examined

SCS. CN 54-779 , Luzhou , Guangxi province, 1 December 1954 ; 1 spm, CN 54-779 , Luzhou, Guangdong province, 1 December 1954 ; 1 spm, CN 58 -N0437, Haitangtou, Hainan Is. , 21 April 1958 ; 2 spms, CN X35 B-19, 18°30′ N, 108°15′ E, muddy sand, 58 m, AT, 10 December 1959 ; 1 spm, CN R35 B-37, 18°12′ N, 109°45′ E, silty mud, 62 m, AT; 1 spm , CN 3-41 , 21°00′ N, 112°30′ E, muddy sand, 52 m, AT; 1 spm , CN 21-19 , 21°45′ N, 114°30′ E, 61.2 m, AT; 1 spm , CN L46 B-101, 20°00′ N, 111°30′ E, sandy mud, 76.5 m, AT, 12 April 1959 ; 1 spm, 28-34, 22°00′ N, 115°00′ E, 63 m, AT, 21 March 1959; 1 spm, CN SIII6 B-54, 21°15′ N, 114°30′ E, silty mud, 73 m, AT, 10 July 1959 ; 1 spm, CN S64 B-42, 22°00′ N, 115°00′ E, 63 m, AT, 8 April 1959 ; 1 spm, CN 5-14 , 20°30′ N, 111°30′ E, silt, 62 m, BT, 25 January 1959 ; 1 spm, CN SII15 B-52, 22°00′ N, 115°00′ E, silt, 67.1 m, AT, 13 July 1959 ; 1 spm, CN 16-105 , 17°45′ N, 109°30′ E, sandy mud, 91.6 m, AT, 29 January 1959 ; 1 spm, CN R36 B-5, 18°00′ N, 109°30′ E, muddy sand, 70 m, AT, 14 July 1959 ; 2 spms, CN S191 B-18, 21°30′ N, 114°30′ E, silt, 75 m, AT, 9 January 1960 ; 1 spm, CN S206 B-39, 21°15′ N, 114°30′ E, silt, 68.5 m, AT, 8 April 1960 ; 1 spm, CN N120 B-25, 19°15′ N, 111°00′ E, muddy sand, 80 m, AT, 10 February 1960 ; 1 spm, CN S198 B-38, 21°30′ N, 114°00′ E, silt, 54.6 m, AT, 10 January 1960 .

Beibu Gulf. One specimen, CN X143 B-17, 18°20′ N, 108°15′ E, fine sandy silty clay, 82 m, AT .

Nansha Islands. Three specimens, CN SSVIIIB8-19 , 7°24′ N, 104°52′ E, muddy sand, 44 m, AT, 9 June 1990 ; 2 spms, CN SSB10-6 , 4°30′ N, 110°30′ E, 100 m, 23 September 1994 .

Type material

Lectotype ( Taylor and Wells 1994, as “ Holotype ”) BMNH 1988065 (checked by Kilburn); one paralectotype NMGW 1955.158 .953.

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Beibu Gulf, SCS, Nansha Islands; Japan, Philippines.

Remarks

Our specimens agree well with the descriptions of Taylor and Wells (1994) and other authors. The lectotype ( Figure 1B ) shows small differences that are presumably within the range of variation. The present specimens were collected from the SCS, including Beibu Gulf and Nansha Islands .

Figures

Figure 1. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A) Aguilaria subochracea (SCS, CN 54–779); (B) lectotype (Taylor and Wells, 1994, as “Holotype”) of Pleurotoma (Drillia) subochracea, BMNH 1988065, China Seas (probably); 38.8 × 12.3 mm; (C, D) Inquisitor incerta (SCS, CN 54–671); (E) syntype of Pleurotoma (Drillia) incerta, BMNH 1854.4.10.59, New Guinea; 25.0 × 7.9 mm; (F, G) Inquisitor plurivaricis (holotype, ECS, CN 553B–35, 114 m, 41.5 × 12.5 mm); (H) Inquisitor latifasciata (ECS, CN 57–658); (I) Inquisitor aesopus (Beibu Gulf, CN Q21B-22); (J) lectotype of Drillia aesopus, ZMAN (des. Kilburn, 1988), Kwandang Bay, west of entrance, north coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, 72 m, fine sand with mud; 36.5 × 9.1 mm.