Inquisitor angustus 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 : 718-719

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

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Inquisitor angustus Kuroda and Oyama , in Kuroda et al. 1971, p 333 and 216, pl. 56, fig. 9, pl. 110, fig. 13; Kosuge 1992, p 169, 170, pl. 59, figs 8, 9, text fig. 1; Hasegawa et al. 2000, p 625, pl. 311, fig. 31; Higo et al. 2001, p 194, figure (holotype); Wells 1994, p 92, pl. 4, figs 9–10. Type loc.: Barane, Sagami Bay, Japan, 70– 80 m.

Material examined

ECS. One specimen, CN V554 B-29, 28°30′ N, 126°30′ E, fine sand, 126 m, 21 September 1976; 2 spms , CN V560 B-79, 32°31′ N, 126°59′ E, fine sand, 120 m, A . T., 29 May 1978; 1 spm , CN V570 B-56, 26°34′ N, 124°01′ E, fine sand, 138 m, AT, 11 July 1978 .

SCS. Three specimens, 19°30′ N, 112°30′ E, 156 m, 5 July 1959 ; 1 spm, CN N178 B- 45, 19°30′ N, 111°00′ E, fine sand, 32 m, AT, 9 April 1960 ; 1 spm, CN N123 B-15, 19°45′ N, 111°15′ E, muddy sand, 70 m, AT, 10 February 1960 ; 2 spms, CN S188 B- 76, 21°00′ N, 115°00′ E, coarse sand, 108 m, AT, 9 January 1960 .

Nansha Islands. Two specimens, CN SSB10-6 , 4°30′ N, 111°30′ E, 100 m, 23 September 1994 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

ECS and SCS, Nansha Islands; Japan.

Remarks

The specimens agree with the original description of Kuroda and Oyama, in Kuroda et al. (1971). However, apparent variability in this species needs careful study.

Figures

Figure 4. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A, B) Funa cretea sp. nov. (holotype, Yellow Sea, CN Y285B-59, 29 m, 21.9 × 7.8 m); (C) Inquisitor angustus (ECS, CN V560B-79-1); (D) Inquisitor intertinctus (Beibu Gulf, CN Q62B-4-1); (E) Inquisitor cf. solomonensis (SCS, CN S219B-51); (F) Ptychobela flavidula (Beibu Gulf, CN X192B-33), 1822; (G) lectotype of Pleurotoma flavidula, MHNG 1097/51, Red Sea, 38.8 × 11.5 mm; transparency courtesy of Yves Finet.