Funa latisinuata ( Smith, 1877 )

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 : 716-717

Funa latisinuata ( Smith, 1877)

( Figure 2B )

Pleurotoma (Drillia) latisinuata Smith, 1877, p 494 ; Watson 1886, p 304, pl. 18, fig. 6 (possibly a syntype but not stated). Type loc.: China.

Brachytoma latisinuata: Yen 1941, p 239 .

Funa latisinuata: Taylor and Wells 1994, p 105 , pl. 1, fig. c; pl. 2, fig. b.

Inquisitor latisinuata: Chang and Wu 2000, p 15 , fig. 4.

Material examined

SCS. One specimen, CN L46 B-100, 20°00′ N, 111°30′ E, sandy mud, 76.5 m, AT, 12 April 1959;1 spm , CN R27 B-12, 18°45′ N, 110°30′ E, fine sand, AT, 10 July 1959; 6 spms , CN N99 B-21, 20°15′ N, 111°00′ E, fine sand, 33 m, AT, 29 October 1959; 3 spms , CN Q93 B-12, 18°45′ N, 110°30′ E, coarse sand, 31 m, AT, 24 November 1959; 2 spms , CN Q119 B-7, 22°45′ N, 116°30′ E, muddy sand, 35 m, AT, 10 January 1960; 3 spms , CN N127 B-82, 20°30′ N, 111°00′ E, muddy fine sand, 30 m, AT, 11 February 1960; 2 spms , CN S111 , 21°30′ N, 113°45′ E, A . T; 8 spms, CN N134 B-89, 19°15′ N, 110°45′ E, fine sand, 35 m, AT, 8 March 1960; 1 spm , CN X168 B-150, 21°30′ N, 113°30′ E, muddy sand, 39 m, AT, 10 April 1960; 2 spms , CN N182 B-57, 111°00′ E, fine sand, fine sand, 32 m, 9 April 1960; 1 spm , CN S223 B-20, 22°30′ N, 115°30′ E, muddy sand and shell debris, AT, 14 April 1960; 1 spm , CN N177 B-49, 19°15′ N, 111°00′ E, coarse sand and shell debris, 8 April 1960; 2 spms , CN Q119 B-21, 22°45′ N, 116°30′ E, muddy sand, 135 m, AT, 10 January 1960; 1 spm , CN S181 B-14, 23°15′ N, 117°00′ E, fine sand, AT, 5 January 1960 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Presently known only from SCS.

Type material

Syntypes BMNH 196437 , one marked with a red dot (checked by Kilburn) .

Remarks

The present material has been compared with photographs (Kilburn, in manuscript) of a syntype. It appears to be somewhat variable in shape.

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).