Inquisitor incerta ( 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 : 719

* Inquisitor incerta ( Smith, 1877)

( Figure 1C, D )

Pleurotoma ( Drillia) incerta Smith, 1877, p 496 . Type loc.: New Guinea.

Drillia incerta: Schepman 1913, p 408 (44); Melvill 1917, p 153, pl. 8, fig. 5. Brachytoma incerta: Gravely 1942, p 75 .

Material examined

SCS. One specimen, CN 54-671 , Dongping, Guangdong, 12 November 1954 ; 5 spms, CN 57-111 , Pingtan, Fujian, 21 March 1957 ; 3 spms, CN N28 B-29, 20°48′ N, 110°45′ E, sandy mud, 18 m, AT, 17 April 1959 ; 1 spm, CN SIII36 B-77, 23°15′ N, 117°00′ E, coarse sand, 23.5 m, AT, 21 July 1959 .

Measurements

See Table 1.

Distribution

SCS; India to Papua New Guinea. Not previously recorded from the China Seas.

Remarks

Specimens from the China Seas agree with photographs ( Figure 1E ) of a syntype of Pleurotoma incerta ( BMNH 1854.4.10.59). This species may prove referable to genus Funa .

Figures

Figure 1. Species of subfamily Crassispirinae. (A) Aguilaria subochracea (SCS, CN 54–779); (B) lectotype (Taylor and Wells, 1994, as “Holotype”) of Pleurotoma (Drillia) subochracea, BMNH 1988065, China Seas (probably); 38.8 × 12.3 mm; (C, D) Inquisitor incerta (SCS, CN 54–671); (E) syntype of Pleurotoma (Drillia) incerta, BMNH 1854.4.10.59, New Guinea; 25.0 × 7.9 mm; (F, G) Inquisitor plurivaricis (holotype, ECS, CN 553B–35, 114 m, 41.5 × 12.5 mm); (H) Inquisitor latifasciata (ECS, CN 57–658); (I) Inquisitor aesopus (Beibu Gulf, CN Q21B-22); (J) lectotype of Drillia aesopus, ZMAN (des. Kilburn, 1988), Kwandang Bay, west of entrance, north coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, 72 m, fine sand with mud; 36.5 × 9.1 mm.