Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 59-63.doi: 10.11978/2018109CSTR: 32234.14.2018109

Special Issue: 南海专题

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A new record of Conidae from the South China Sea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda)

Zhiyun CHEN1,Xiping LIAN1,Yehui TAN1,2()   

  1. 1. Marine Biodiversity Collections of South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2018-10-17 Revised:2019-02-21 Online:2019-07-20 Published:2019-07-21
  • Supported by:
    Special Fund for Youth Scholars on Taxonomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences((ZSBR-010););National Science and Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Project((2013FY111200, 2017FY201404).)

Abstract:

A conid species, Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792, was recorded from China for the first time based on specimens deposited in the Marine Biodiversity Collections of the South China Sea, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and on samples recently collected from voyages to the South China Sea. The specimens were collected from the Xisha Islands. The shell morphological features of this species were presented, as well as its habitat and distribution. C. ferrugineus is easily confused with its sympatric sibling species C. vitulinus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. The most remarkable difference is its uniformly white aperture, in contrast to the violet to violet brown base of the aperture in C. vitulinus. The identification characteristics between them were also discussed and summarized in this paper.

Key words: Gastropoda, Conidae, Conus, Conus ferrugineus, Conus vitulinus, new record, China seas