Inquisitor varicosus (Reeve, 1843)

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 : 725-726

Inquisitor varicosus (Reeve, 1843)

( Figure 2E )

Pleurotoma varicosa Reeve, 1843 , pl. 17, fig. 141a, b. Type loc.: Calapan , Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 fath. [27 m].

? Inquisitor varicosa: Springsteen and Leobrera, 1986, p 270 , pl. 77, fig. 16.

Material examined

One specimen, Xincun, Hainan Island.

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

SCS; Philippines, Indonesia. Not previously recorded from the China Seas.

Type material

Three syntypes BMNH 1963873 (checked by Kilburn) .

Remarks

Although the shell surface is somewhat worn, the specimen appears to agree with photographs of syntypes (Kilburn, manuscript), although the base is somewhat narrower.

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).