Inquisitor sp.

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 : 724-725

Inquisitor sp. cf. solomonensis ( Smith, 1876)

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? Pleurotoma (?) solomonensis Smith, 1876, p 537 , pl. 30, fig. 6. Type loc.: San Cristoval [Cristobal], Makira Province, Solomon Islands

Material examined

SCS. One specimen, CN S219 B-51, 21°30′ N, 115°30′ E, muddy sand, 115 m, AT, 13 April 1960 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

SCS; Solomon Islands.

Remarks

The only specimen collected from SCS is immature and has major repaired fractures, hence it cannot be identified with certainty. It shows closest resemblance to Inquisitor solomonensis ( Smith, 1876) , a species known to range from the Solomon Islands and New Britain to south Moluccas, with an unconfirmed record from Fiji. The holotype ( BMNH 1876.1.10.140) has been examined by Kilburn (manuscript) .

Figures

Figure 4. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A, B) Funa cretea sp. nov. (holotype, Yellow Sea, CN Y285B-59, 29 m, 21.9 × 7.8 m); (C) Inquisitor angustus (ECS, CN V560B-79-1); (D) Inquisitor intertinctus (Beibu Gulf, CN Q62B-4-1); (E) Inquisitor cf. solomonensis (SCS, CN S219B-51); (F) Ptychobela flavidula (Beibu Gulf, CN X192B-33), 1822; (G) lectotype of Pleurotoma flavidula, MHNG 1097/51, Red Sea, 38.8 × 11.5 mm; transparency courtesy of Yves Finet.