Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1868

Vannozzi, Angelo, Pizzini, Mauro & Raines, Bret, 2015, Revision of South African Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), African Invertebrates 56 (1), pp. 99-99 : 119

Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1868

Figs 17 , 26Q, R

Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin 1868 , 57, pl. 6, figs 1, 2.

Caecum fulvum Kisch, 1959: 17–19 , fig. 1.

Elephantanellum sp. A : Ladd 1972: 23, pl. 5, fig. 15.

Caecum hinoidei Habe, 1978: 4 , figs 11–13.

Caecum (Brochina) sp. cf. glabella: Kay 1979: 111 , fig. 42G.

Caecum neocaledonicum: Pizzini 1998: 33 , figs 5–16.

Caecum neocaledonicum: Pizzini et al. 2013: 13 ,15, figs 9G, H, J, K, 19H, 21A, B.

Type locality: NEW CALEDONIA .

Type material examined: Lectotype (MNHN­IM­2000­24909) selected by Pizzini (1998: 34, fig. 5).

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 1 sh (juv), between Bhanga Neck and Kosi Bay, reef off marker 13 north, - 8 m, underwater pump ( NMSA S2687 ) ; MAURITIUS: 20 sh, I. Pointe Radeau , S of Roches Noires, shell debris, near reef gap ( NMSA K9538 ) ; 3 sh, Pointe Radeau , S of Roches Noires, shell debris, near reef gap ( NMSA K9549 ) ; 1 sh, Grande Baie , SW side, beachdrift ( NMSA K8864 ) ; 40 sh, Riambel Lagoon , beachdrift ( NMSA K9796 ) ; 14 lv and 2 sh, Ilot Fourneau , lagoon, in clumps of fine green alga, <- 1 m at L.S.T. ( NMSA K9346 ) ; SEYCHELLES: 17 sh, E coast of Mahé I., - 1 m ( MP) ; 1 sh, Seychelles I., ( MP) ; TANZANIA: 2 sh, Zanzibar, loc. Uroa , - 25–30 m ( MP) ; SOMALIA: 13 sh, Gesira ( Yazirah ) from beached material found in a little bay, (S. Palazzi colln, Modena, Italy) .

Distribution: Indo­West Pacific.The occurrence of this species in South Africa is limited to a single juvenile specimen found close to the border with Mozambique ( Fig. 17 ).

Figures

Fig.17. Distribution map of Caecum neocaledonicum de Folin, 1868 (■), C. succineum de Folin, 1880 (▲) and C. cf. glabrum (Montagu, 1803) (▼).

Fig. 26. South African Caecum species: (A, B) C. inhacaense Albano & Pizzini, 2011 — (A) Aliwal Shoal, off Umkomaas area (JPM), (B) Mzamba, near Natal border (JPM 2119); (C, D) C. incisum sp. n. — (C) paratype, Walker’s Point, W of Knysna (NMSA W9660/T3356), (D) paratype, Knysna, Gericke Point, Sedgefield (NMSA W9661/T3357); (E, F) C. maraisi sp. n. — (E) holotype, Knysna, Gericke Point, Sedgefield (NMSA W9765/T3376), (F) paratype (juv) Fish R. mouth (between Port Alfred and East London) (JPM 2117); (G–I) C. subquadratum Carpenter, 1859 — (G) Walker’s Point,W of Knysna (NMSA S3729); (H, I) Langebaan Lagoon, Saldanha Bay (JPM): (H) adult, (I) juvenile; (J, K) C. morgan sp. n., paratypes, Cape Morgan Lighthouse (NMSA W9676/T3378); (L) C. chinense de Folin, 1868, Durban (MP); (M–P) C. leilae sp. n., paratypes, Mzamba, near Natal border (JPM 2119); (Q, R) C. neocaledonicum de Folin, 1868, Ilot Fourneau, Mauritius (NMSA K9346) — (Q) specimen with periostracum, (R) specimen without periostracum. Scale bar = 1 mm.