Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas

Abstract

The present paper reports 32 turrid species from the China Seas, belonging to eight genera of the subfamily Crassispirinae of the family Turridae. Four new species are described: Funa cretea sp. nov., Inquisitor plurivaricis sp. nov., Inquisitor vividus sp. nov. and Ptychobela resticula sp. nov. Eight species are recorded for the first time from the China Seas.

Keywords:

• Turridae
• Crassispirinae
• Mollusca
• Funa cretea sp. nov.
• Inquisitor plurivaricis sp. nov.
• Inquisitor vividus sp. nov.
• Ptychobela resticula sp. nov.
• China Seas
• new records

Acknowledgements

This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 40976086) and the Knowledge Innovation Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS No. O72715).