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Two new records of Neogastropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Nansha Islands of China

HE Chen1, 2, CHEN Zhiyun1, TAN Yehui1, 2   

  1. 1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

    2. 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

  • Received:2023-12-19 Revised:2024-02-19 Accepted:2024-03-07
  • Contact: CHEN, Zhi-Yun
  • Supported by:

     Science-technology Research Foundation from the Sanya Yazhou Bay Science And Technology City (2021CXLH0011); GuangZhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (202201010076); National Animal Collection Resource Center, China

Abstract: Two Neogastropoda species, Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840) and Vexillum costatum (Gmelin, 1791), were recorded from China seas 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, respectively belonging to three families Columbellidae and Costellariidae.

Key words: Nansha Islands, Gastropoda, Columbellidae, Costellariidae, New record