Page 4 ‘February 1980 __No- 29 NEW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTRs 
NEW TAXA FROM CHINA 
Morris K. Jacobson. ; , 
I recently had the opportunity to examine ume peniodiee Se 
in China, which deal with marine bop iees fy oy adn tied Ae 
MARINA SINICA and OCEANOLOGIA ET eae, IC he nS 
re, of course rinted in Chinese ideo ; 
Hantha with A ae in western languages, mainly English and 
French. : 
Of chief interest to our readers is the An Oe re igen 
ical descriptions in malacology- See en aaceas eal in Base. 
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with the Code of International shes Spanish axe also’ acceptalian 
lish or French, although Latin an 3 : 
fimost all of these taxa have been properly introduced; the excep- 
tions are six new venerids introduced by Zhuang Qi Qien who neglect- 
; . ; these new forms 
ed to provide diagnostic distinctions to separate ; 
from sia nearest congeners. This might make them invalid, but 
I'm not sure. 
The following appear in STUDIA MARINA SINICA: 
Teredo schizoderma introduced by Li Kie min (August, 1965) 
Glossodoris xishahensis by Lin Guang-yu (August, 1965) 
Octopus nanhaiensis, 0. strilatus, and OQ. guandogensis by 
ong Zheng-zhi (December, 1976) 
Anapella retroconvex (a mesodesmatid) by Zhuang Qi Qian 
(August, 1976) 
In addition, Zhuang introduced the following new venerids without 
supplying the diagnosis (June, 1964): 
Gouldia micronodulosa Pariglypta compressa Dosinia truncata 
Gouldia subtrigona Katelysia eugibba 
In June, 1964 Zhang fu sui introduced the following new pteropods: 
Cymbulia tricavermosa 
Pneumodermopsis macrocotyla 
Abranchaea chinensis (new genus, new species) 
Another important note to make is that the muricid name Chicoreus 
sinensis (Reeve) -- used previously by Gmelin and hence a homonym -- 
is replaced by Chicoreus orientalis Zhang, a new name. 
In OCEANOLOGIA ET LIMNOLOGIA SINICA the following new taxa appear: 
Cylindrobulla xishaensis (a small cephalaspidian opisthobranch 
with an extremely interesting shell) by Lin Guang-yu (Jan., 1978) 
Gigantonotum album and Oscanius Sishaensis (nud 
“Sat aan Tie Biecatae and Tschang Si. ¢ ibrancks) 
It is necessary to recall that the first name i i 
i 
ours, represents the family name. Hence the authorea' neeee aie 
taxa will appear as ti, Lin, Dong, Zhuang, Zhang, etc Recently 
the Chinese government issued a new System of name transcription, 
also indicati 
list, ndicating how they are’to be pronounced. I didn't keep the 
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