Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda and Oyama, 1971

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 : 722-723

Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda and Oyama , in Kuroda et al., (1971)

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Inquisitor nudivaricosus Kuroda and Oyama , in Kuroda et al. 1971, p 333, 215, pl. 56, fig. 10, pl. 110, fig. 14; Higo et al. 1999, p 308; Hasegawa et al. 2000, p 625, pl. 311, fig. 26; Higo et al. 2001, p 103, Figure G3585. Type loc.: Amadaiba-Maruyamadashi, Sagami Bay, central Honshu, Japan.

Material examined

ECS. One specimen, CN V469 B-40, 27°30′ N, 126°00′ E, fine sand, 162 m, AT, 10 October 1975 ; 1 spm, CN V473 B-36, 27°30′ N, 124°00′ E, fine sand, 100 m, AT, 10 October 1975 ; 1 spm, CN V 474 B-9, 27°30′ N, 123°00′ E, fine sand, 90 m, 11 October 1975 ; 5 spms, CN V527 B-35, 26°33′ N, 122°30′ E, fine sand and shell debris, 105 m, AT, 11 June 1978 .

SCS. One specimen, CN S79 B-53, 21°00′ N, 114°00′ E, 78 m, AT, 10 April 1959 ; 5 spms, CN L68 B-19, 19°45′ N, 111°15′ E, muddy sand, 78 m, AT, 25 April 1959 ; 1 spm, CN SIII18 B-51, 21°00′ N, 115°00′ E, sandy mud, 103 m, AT, 14 July 1959 ; 2 spms, CN N66 B-41, 19°30′ N, 111°15′ E, sandy mud, 90 m, BT, 13 July 1959 ; 1 spm, CN K55 B-95, 19°30′ N, 112°30′ E, sand, 156 m, AT, 5 July 1959 ; 4 spms, CN K124 B- 55, 20°00′ N, 112°30′ E, muddy sand, 104 m, AT, 8 February 1960 ; 1spm, CN N161 B-52, 17°45′ N, 108°30′ E, muddy coarse sand, 80 m, AT, 13 March 1960 ; 1 spm, 20°00′ N, 112°30′ E, muddy sand, 108 m; 5 spms, CN K123 B-27, 19°30′ N, 112°30′ E, coarse sandy mud, 174 m, AT, 8 February 1960 ; 1 spm, CN K146 B-61, 20°30′ N, 112°00′ E, sandy mud, 68 m, AT, 4 April 1960 .

Nansha Islands. Two specimens, CN SSIV46-20 , 4°00′ N, 110°00′ E, muddy sand, 99 m, AT, 15 May 1987 ; 2 spms, CN SSIVB45-17 , 4°30′ N, 110°00′ E, 107 m, AT, 15 May 1987 ; 2 spms, CN SSB9-2 , 4°30′ N, 109°30′ E, 108 m, 23 September 1994 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

ECS and SCS, Nansha Islands; Japan.

Remarks

This species appears to have no major distinctive characters, but the Chinese specimens appear to agree with the original description and published photographs of the holotype, apart from weaker axial ribs and paler colour. Inquisitor nudivaricosus may be distinguished from Funa jeffreysii ( Smith, 1875) in its finer shell sculpture, and may similarly prove to belong to the genus Funa .

Figures

Figure 2. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A) Funa jeffreysii (Beibu Gulf, CN N177B- 47); (B) Funa latisinuata (SCS, CN Q119B-7-1); (C) Inquisitor japonicus (Yellow Sea, CN V462B-24-1); (D) Inquisitor nudivaricosus (ECS, CN V527B-35-1); (E) Inquisitor varicosus (Hainan Island); (F) Cheungbeia laterculata (Nansha Islands, SSBV27-14); (G) Cheungbeia kawamurai (CSC, CN 55-902-1); (H) Cheungbeia mindanensis (holotype,BM2); (I) holotype of Pleurotoma laterculata, BMNH 1874.12.11.293, Lombe Taylor collection, China Seas; length 30 mm; (J) Turridrupa prestoni (Nansha Islands, CN SSVIIIB8-16).