Abstract
Twenty-seven Raphitomidae species belonging to nine genera, are recorded from the China Seas, including two new species, which are described here: Asperdaphne paramoretonica sp. nov., Daphnella inangulata sp. nov. Eight species are recorded for the first time from the China Seas.
Acknowledgements
This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 40976086 and 41061130543) and the Technology Development Programme of Shandong Province (2011GHY11525). We are most grateful to Dr R.N. Kilburn (deceased 26 July 2013) (Natal Museum, South Africa), for providing many important references and photographs of several turrid specimens. Finally, we thank the three reviewers for their valuable comments.