Turridrupa deceptrix Hedley, 1922

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 : 737

Turridrupa deceptrix Hedley, 1922

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Turridrupa deceptrix Hedley, 1922, p 227 ; pl. 42, fig. 14; Powell 1967, p 422; pl. 301, fig. 2.

Material examined

Beibu Gulf. Two specimens, CN X202 B-18, 19°40′ N, 107°30′ E, fine sand, 46 m, AT, 14 April 1962 ; 1 spm, CN X207 B-176, 19°30′ N, 106°30′ E, coarse sand, 32 m, AT, 15 April 1962 .

SCS. One specimen, CN SIII33 B-52, 22°30′ N, 117°00′ E, coarse sand, 47.6 m, AT, 20 July 1959 ; 1 spm, CN S76 B-92, 21°30′ N, 113°45′ E, 45 m, AT, 9 April 1959 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Beibu Gulf, SCS; Japan, Indonesia, West New Guinea, Australia, Andaman Islands.

Remarks

The specimens agree with the illustrations of Powell (1967). This species is similar to Turridrupa bijubata (Reeve, 1843) , but differs in its longer siphonal canal.

Figures

Figure 3. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A, B) Epideira sibogae (ECS, CN V525B-53); (C, D) Epideira multiseriata (Beibu Gulf, CN Q225B-7); (E) Inquisitor sp. 1 (ECS, CN H21B- 45); (F, G) Inquisitor vividus sp. nov. (holotype, Nansha Islands, CN SSVIIIB8-30-1, 44 m, 23.2 × 7.0 mm); (H) Ptychobela minimarus (Hainan Island); (I) Paradrillia patruelis (Yellow Sea, CN Y405B-7); (J) Turridrupa deceptrix (Beibu Gulf, CN X202B-18-1).