Turris grandis ( Gray, 1834 )

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2007, An account of the Genus Turris species (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae) from the East and South China Seas, Zootaxa 1397, pp. 63-68 : 64

1. Turris grandis ( Gray, 1834) (pl. 1, fig. 1)

Pleurotoma grandis (Gray in Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834: 599, pl. 23, fig. 1 (find in Powell, 1964).

Turris crispa (Lamarck) , Hedley, 1922: pl. 215; Tsi Chung­yen et al, 1983: 139; 2004:113, pl. 067, fig. M.

Turris crispa crispa (Lamarck) , Powell, 1964: 330, Color pl. 181, figs. 9, 10 (not 11, 12); Springsteen F. J. & F. M. Leobrera, 1986: 265, pl. 76, fig. 2, only the lower left one (not the top right one); Olivera, 1999: 297, pl. 1, sp. 1 a, 1b & pl. II, rightmost fig., VI. Leftmost fig.

Turris grandis Vera­Peláez J.L. , et al, 2000: pl. 7, figs. 8–10.

Material examined (1). 2 spms, MBM300232 , Xincun (Hainan Is.), CN 55­873 , Dec. 26, 1955; (2). 1 spm, MBM 300233 , Zhelang (Guangdong Province), CN 80 M­268; (3). 4 spms, MBM300234 , Shuidong (Guangdong Province), CN 58 ­M0842, Mar. 10, 1958; (4). 1 spm, CN Q180 B­49, Beibu Gulf, 108 º 30´E, 20 º 15´N, 61.5 m, Apr. 15, 1960, sandy mud, collected by AT, collector Fuzeng Sun; (5) . 1 spm, MBM028469 , SCS, 113 º 00´E, 20 º 30´N, CN K65 B­ 57, 87 m, collected by AT, collector Xiutong Ma.

Diagnosis Shell large, 119.8–148.0 mm in height, sculptured with various sized spiral cords, peripheral keel not prominent. Sinus deep, narrow, on a spiral rib immediately above the peripheral carina.

Habitat Sandy mud sediment, at the depth of 61–87 m ..

Range Guangdong, Beibu Gulf, Hainan, Japan, Philippines.

Remarks Before Vera­Pelez J.L., et al (2000) clearly distinguished the two species, they were often confused. In some previously published papers, the two species were confused as same species ( Powell, 1966; Springsteen F. J. & F. M. Leobrera, 1986; Okutani, 2000). In China, Tsi Chung­yen et al (1983 & 2004) reported this species as Turris crispa (Larmarck) .