Abstract
Two new species belonging to genus Nassarius are described and illustrated based on shell morphology and radular features. Nassarius sanyaensis sp. nov., collected from intertidal zone of Sanya, Hainan Island, China, most resembles Nassarius lyraeformis (Marrat, 1880) in general shell shape, but differs from the latter in having remarkable nodules on shell surface. Nassarius beibuensis sp. nov., sampled from shallow water of Beibu Gulf, is most similar to Nassarius oblongus (Marrat, 1877), but can be distinguished from it mainly in having stronger sculpture. This study expands our knowledge of Nassarius diversity and distribution in China seas.
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Abbreviations
- CN:
-
collection number
- HK:
-
Collection H. H. Kool, Dieren, The Netherlands
- LIVCM:
-
National Museums Liverpool
- MBMCAS:
-
Marine Biological Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao
- MZB:
-
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Spain
- RN:
-
registration number
- st:
-
station
- spm(s):
-
specimen(s)
- coll(s):
-
collector(s)
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We grateful to all the collectors for their great efforts in sample collection. Special gratitude to Hugo H. Kool (Netherlands), who kindly compared our specimens with his extensive collection of Nassariidae, and provided us with excellent photos of the related species.
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31750002) and the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42090044)
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Zhang, S., Zhang, S. Descriptions of two species of Nassarius (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) from the South China Sea. J. Ocean. Limnol. 41, 1168–1172 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-022-1451-4
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