Funa jeffreysii ( Smith, 1875 )

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 : 715-716

Funa jeffreysii ( Smith, 1875)

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Drillia jeffreysii Smith, 1875, p 417 . Type loc.: Goza Harbour , Ago Bay, Mie Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, 3–43 fath.

Inquisitor jeffreysii: Kuroda et al. 1971, p 215 , pl. 56, figs 5,6; Hasegawa et al. 2000, p 623, pl. 310, fig. 2; Higo et al. 2001, p 103, fig. G3583 (syntype).

Funa jeffreysi: Taylor and Wells 1994, p 103 , pl. 1a–b and 2, fig a (radula); Taylor 1994, p 195, pl. 1 f (labelled in error as F. flavidula ), 6a (radula), Textfigs 8–9 (foregut).

Material examined

Yellow Sea. One specimen, Qingdao , Shandong Province, Mar. 10, 1951 ; 2 spms, CN H0037-2 , 36°15′ N, 121°00′ E, mud, 23 m, BT, 27 January 1959 .

ECS. Five specimens, CN V229 B-23, 29°00′ N, 122°15′ E, silty mud, 26 m, B . T., 2 April 1959; 3 spms , CN C61 B-37, 33°00′ N, 123°30′ E, muddy sand, 38 m, AT, 23 October 1959 .

Beibu Gulf. One specimen, CN Q259 B-7, 21°30′ N, 108°30′ E, 12 m, AT, 18 July 1960 .

SCS. One specimen, CN 3-21 , 20°15′ N, 110°45′ E, coarse sand, 50 m, 14 January 1959 ; 1 spm, CN 16-15 , 21°24′ N, 109°00′ E, coarse sand, 12 m, AT, 22 January 1959 ;1 spm, CN 5-28 , 18°45′ N, 110°30′ E, sandy mud, 44 m, AT, 27 January 1959 ; 1 spm, CN 39-35 , 21 °300′ N, 113°30′ E, coarse sand and shell debris, 39.5 m, AT, 20 February 1959 ; 2 spms, CN S41 B-46, 23°24′ N, 117°00′ E, 14 m, AT, 2 April 1959 ; 1 spm, CN K47 B-63, 21°30′ N, 112°00′ E, silty, 21 m, BT, 2 July 1959 ; 4 spms, CN K77 B-53, 22°00′ N, 113°30′ E, silty mud, 7 m, AT, 16 July 1959 ; 1 spm, CN Q93 B-63, 18°45′ N, 110°30′ E, coarse sand, 31 m, AT, 29 November 1959 ; 1 spm, CN S119 B- 85, 23°30′ N, 117°30′ E, fine sand, 37.9 m, AT, 16 November 1959 ;1 spm, CN S197 B- 36, 21°30′ N, 113°45′ E, fine sand, 44.5 m, AT, 10 January 1960 ;1 spm, CN N129 B- 24, 20°48′ N, 110°45′ E, sandy mud, 23 m, AT, 11 February 1960 ; 6 spms, CN N134 B-11, 19°15′ N, 110°45′ E, fine sand, 35 m, AT, 8 March 1960 ; 1 spm, CN N177 B-47, 19°15′ N, 111°00′ E, coarse sand and shell debris, 67 m, AT, 8 April 1960 ; 1 spm, CN S237 B-14, 23°24′ N, 117°00′ E, silty, 14 m, AT, 24 April 1960 ; 1 spm, S236B-30, 23°15′ N, 117°00′ E, muddy sand, 23 m, AT, 24 April 1960; 1 spm, CN N109 B-13, 20°45′ N, 110°30′ E, silty, 47 m, BT, 7 February 1960 ; 2 spms, CN N191 B-17, 19°15′ N, 110°45′ E, fine sand and shell debris, 36 m, AT, 6 May 1960 ; 1spm, CN N127 B-50, 20°30′ N, 111°00′ E, fine sand, 30 m, AT, 11 February 1960 ; 1 spm, CN K170 B-13, 22°00′ N, 113°30′ E, silty, 5.5 m, BT, 10 April 1960 ; 1 spm, CN Q259 B-7, 21°30′ N, 118°30′ E, sandy mud, 12 m, AT, 18 July 1960 ; 1 spm, CN Q154- 33 , 20°45′ N, 109°30′ E, sandy mud, 18 m, AT, 16 February 1960 ; 1 spm, CN 192 B- 33, 18°300′ N, 106°15′ E, sand and shell debris, 28 m, AT, 11 April 1960 ; 1 spm, CN S208 B-43, 21°00′ N, 114°30′ E, muddy sand, 83 m, AT, 8 April 1960 ; 1 spm, CN K134 B-25, 22°00′ N, 113°30′ E, silty mud, 7 m, BT; 1 spm , CN N191 B-12, 19°15′ N, 110°45′ E, fine sand, shell debris, 36 m, AT, 6 May 1960 ; 2 spms, CN K138 B-159, 21°30′ N, 113°30′ E, muddy coarse sand, 39.5 m, AT, 16 February 1960 ; 1 spm, CN N158 B-3, 18°15′ N, 108°45′ E, muddy coarse sand, 38 m, AT, 12 March 1960 .

Nansha Islands. One specimen, CN SSIVB 45- 17, 107 m, 15 May 1987 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

Yellow Sea, ECS and SCS, Beibu Gulf, Nansha Islands; Korea and Japan.

Type material

Three syntypes BMNH 1873.8 . 6.6 (checked by Kilburn), one syntype NMGW 1955.158 .1483.

Remarks

Taylor and Wells (1994) reported “this species is common in sublittoral silts and muds around eastern and southern Hong Kong ”. It is very 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).