Gemmula (Gemmula) kieneri ( Doumet, 1840 )

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2008, Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas, Zootaxa 1778, pp. 1-25 : 9-10

Gemmula (Gemmula) kieneri ( Doumet, 1840)

(Pl. 1, fig. 4)

Pleurotoma kieneri Doumet, 1840: 2 , pl. 10.

Pleurotoma carinata Reeve 1843 , pl. 7, fig. 56.

Gemmula kieneri . — Powell 1964: 246, pl. 186, figs. 2, 3.

Material examined. ECS. 1 spm, CN V485B-42, 29 º30´N, 127º00´E, medium sand, 107 m, AT, 27. VI. 1976. SCS. 1 spm, CN 54-418, Shanwei Guangdong Province, intertidal zone, 11. IV. 1954; 1 spm, 58- M0327, Xincun, Hainan Island, intertidal zone, 16. IV. 1958; 2 spms, CN 58M-327, Xincun, Hainan Island, intertidal zone;1 spm, CN 54-429, intertidal zone, Shanwei, Guangdong Province, 13. IV. 1954; 1 spm, CN 54-331, Jieshi, Guangdong Province, intertidal zone, 27. III. 1954; 1 spm, 19°30’N, 112°00’E, 124 m, fine sand & shell debris, 30. VII. 1959; 1 spm, 20°30’N, 112°30’E, 80 m, sandy mud, 16. II. 1959; 1 spm, CN Q86B-26, 17 °00’N, 109°30’E, 171.5 m, muddy sand, AT, 22. XI. 1959; 1 spm, 20°15’N, 111°30’E, silty mud & fine sand, 71 m, 26. I. 1959; 3 spms, 20°00’N, 112°30’E, muddy sand, 108 m, 5. VII. 1959; 1 spm, CN N96B-59, 19 °30’N, 111°15’E, medium sand, 89 m, AT, 29. X. 1959. Nansha Islands. 1 spm, CN SSIVB 50-9, 5 °38’N, 109°05’E, 147 m, AT, 16. V. 1987; 1 spm, CN SSBIV-7, 5 °00’N, 112°15’E, 105 m, clay, 11. V. 1987; 12 spms, CN SSBII 15-9, 6 °24’N, 115°35’E, 145-148 m, muddy sand, AT, 27. VII. 1988; 8 spms, CN SSB2-5, 8 °30’N, 109°00’E, 143 m, 17. IX. 1994; 1 spm, CN SSB5-4, 11 °00’N, 110°00’E, 93 m, 17. IX. 1994; 6 spms, CN SSBIII- 42, 107 m, 15. V. 1987; 2 spms, CN NS5B-6, 5 °30’N, 112°00’E, sandy mud, 143 m, 10. XII. 1993; 2 spms, CN SSB5-4, 5 °30’N, 108°30’E, 93m, 17. IX. 1994; 1 spm, CN SSB-9, 4 °30’N, 110°30’E, 108 m, 23. IX. 1994.

Measurements (mm).

Distribution. East and South China Seas, Nansha Islands; Japan, Philippines. Common in South China Sea.