Paradrillia sp. 2

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 : 730-731

Paradrillia sp. 2

( Figure 5D )

Material examined

Bohai Gulf. One specimen, CN H249 A-6, 39°05′ N, 118°58′ E, silt, 15 m, 21 July 1959; 3 spms, Yellow River Estuary, no date recorded .

ECS. One specimen, CN 10-980 , 31°50′ N, 122°30′ E, Changjiang River Estuary , silty mud, 26 m, 30 June 1986 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Estuaries of Yellow River and Changjiang River.

Remarks

Originally identified as Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969 , the present specimens differ from the holotype of that species (in BMNH, examined by Kilburn) in the distinct subsutural cord, lack of dense axial threads on the base, and 3.5 protoconch whorls, instead of three .

Figures

Figure 5. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A) Paradrillia sp. 1 (ECS, CN 0034-2); (B) Paradrillia sultana (ECS); (C) Paradrillia sp. 3 (Bohai Gulf); (D) Paradrillia sp. 2.(ECS).