Lophiotoma deshayesii (Doumet, 1839)

(Pl. 3, figs. 2-3)

Pleurotoma deshayesii Reeve 1843, pl. 3, fig. 19.

Pleurotoma indica .—Tryon 1884: 168, pl. 6, fig. 80.

Turris polytropa .— Kira 1971: 92, pl. 35, fig. 16.

Gemmula (Unedogemmula) deshayesii .— Powell 1964: 270, pl. 175, figs. 7, 8, pl. 210, figs. 1, 2.

Material examined. Bohai Gulf. 1 spm, CN 0 0 0 3, Beidaihe, Hebei Province, intertidal zone, IV. 1950; 1 spm, CN H225B-2, 40 °05’N, 121°38’E, 23 m, mudy sand, AT, 18. VII. 1952; 1 spm, CN H395-12, 40 °05’N, 121°38’E, 17 m, muddy sand, AT, 27. X. 1959; 2 spms, CN H333B-8, 40 °32’N, 120°59’E, 18.4 m, muddy sand, AT, 31. X. 1959. Ye ll ow S e a. 6 spms, CN 104B-14, 32 °30’N, 124°00’E, 43 m, AT, 9. XI. 1959; 1 spm, CN Y 407B-3, 34 °00’N, 121°15’E, 17 m, muddy sand, AT, 28. X. 1959; 1 spm, CN Y 271B-31, fine sand, 9.5 m, AT, 12. VII. 1959; 1 spm, CN 56-105, Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, Shandong Peninsula, 9. VIII. 1956. ECS. 1 spm, CN 57-892, Dongshan, Fujian Province, intertidal zone, 18. IV. 1957; 3 spms, CN 57-711, Pingtan, Fujian Province, intertidal zone, 21. III. 1957; 1 spm, CN 53-657, Pingyang, Zhejiang Province, intertidal zone, 31. V. 1953; 2 spms, CN 57-610, Sansha, Fujian Province, intertidal zone, 26. II. 1957. Beibu Gulf. 5 spms, CN Q184B-42, 109 °30’E, 20°30’N, 16 m, muddy sand, AT, 17. IV. 1960; 1 spm, CN K264B-20, 18 °30’N, 108°30’E, 25 m, coarse sand, AT, 23. X. 1960. SCS. 11 spms, CN N55B-1, 21°15N, 110°45’E, 12 m, muddy sand, AT, 11. VII. 1959; 2 spms, CN N190B-16, 21°15N, 110°45’E, 12 m, coarse sand, AT, 10. IV. 1960; 1 spm, CN N134B-31, 19°15N, 110°45’E, fine sand, 35 m, AT; 2 spms, CN 55-848, Yinggehai, Hainan Island, intertidal zone, 8. IV. 1955; 3 spms, CN 57-966, Nan’ao, Guangdong Province, intertidal zone, 1. V. 1957.

Measurements (mm).

Distribution. Bohai Gulf, Yellow Sea, East and South China Seas; Japan, Philippines. Remarks. This species has a wide range in China seas, from Bohai Gulf southward to South China Sea. The specimens agree with the descriptions of Powell, 1964.

PLATE 3. Species of Subfamily Turrinae, fig. 1. Gemmula speciosa (CN X228B-1); 2-3. Lophiotoma deshayesii (CN N134B-31); 4-5. L. unedo (CN K218B-15); 6. L. notata (CN N67B-41-2); 7. L. indica indica (CN SSVIII8-16); 8. L. leucotropis (CN 57-966-1).