Asperdaphne perissa ( Hedley 1909 )

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2014, Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas, Journal of Natural History 48 (17), pp. 999-1025 : 1005-1007

Asperdaphne perissa ( Hedley 1909)

( Figure 2A )

Mangelia perissa Hedley, 1909, p. 459 , pl. 44, figs. 96, 97.

Asperdaphne perissa – Hedley, 1922, p. 342.

Material examined

Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea. 2 specs, CN 57–033, 14 April 1957; 1 spec, CN 53–14, 38°46.2 ′ N, 122°20.5 ′ E, sand, mud and shell debris 51 m; 1 spec, CN y206, 38° 46.2 ′ N, 122°20.5 ′ E, 51.5 m, 25 October 1957.

SCS. 1 spec, CN N32B-37, 20°09 ′ N, 110°15 ′ E, coarse sand and gravel, 68 m.

Holotype AMS C. 27443, 7.4 × 2.9 mm, Cairns Reef Lagoon and between Cairns

Reef and Hope Island , Great Barrier Reef, Queensland .

Distribution

Bohai Gulf, Yellow Sea, Taiwan and SCS; Japan, Australia.

Remarks

Kuroda et al. (1971) reported the colour of the species, based on specimens from Japanese waters, with light yellowish brown, bearing two vertical and lateral brown zones. All our five specimens are pure white, without colourful zones. This may be caused by long-term preservation in alcohol. The habitat of this species was muddy sand and gravel sediments.

Figures

Figure 2. (A) Asperdaphne perissa (Hedley 1909) (Bohai Gulf, CN 57–033); (B) Daphnella mitrellaformis (Nomura 1940) (ECS, CN V562B-15); (C) Eucyclotoma lactea (Reeve 1843) (Xisha Islands, CN 58 M-1514); (D) Gymnobela ioessa Sysoev, 1997 (SCS, CN V568B-3); (E) *Kuroshiodaphne supracancellata (Schepman 1913) (left: SCS, CN 171; right: holotype, provided by Dr Kilburn R. N., personal communication); (F) Tritonoturris oxyclathrus (Martens 1880) (SCS, CN L67B-8); (G) Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds 1843) (SCS, RN MBM081112); (H, I) Tritonoturris macandrewi (E. A. Smith 1882) (SCS, CN Q283B-22 and X200b–63).