Caecum cf. musorstomi Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Vannozzi, Angelo, Pizzini, Mauro & Raines, Bret, 2015, Revision of South African Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), African Invertebrates 56 (1), pp. 99-99 : 116

Caecum cf. musorstomi Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013

Figs 13 , 25L, M

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 2 sh (worn), Landers Reef, off Scottsburgh area , 45 m, SCUBA ( JPM) .

Comparative material examined: Caecum musorstomi , holotype (MNHN-IM-2000-24921) ( Pizzini et al.

2013: fig. 12G–I); PHILIPPINES: 73 sh, Meara Is. (Palawan I.), 15 m, leg. M. Oliverio 10.vi.1996 ( MP) .

Distribution: Caecum musorstomi occurs in the SW Pacific, Japan and Philippine Is. Two specimens tentatively attributed to this species were found on the eastern coast ( Fig. 13 ). The presence of C. musorstomi in South Africa needs confirmation.

Remarks: Two worn specimens on the whole fitting Caecum musorstomi were found on the eastern coast of South Africa. However, attribution to this species is only tentative as both annular sculpture and longitudinal microsculpture are not clearly visible.

Figures

Fig. 13. Distribution map of Caecum inhacaense Albano & Pizzini, 2011 (■), C. cf. gulosum Hedley, 1899 (▲) and C. cf. musorstomi (▼). White symbol indicates the type locality.

Fig. 25. South and western African Caecum and Parastrophia species: (A) P. avaricosa sp. n., holotype, Mzamba (NMSA E1665/T3354); (B, C) P.ornata sp. n., Mzamba,near Natal border — (B) holotype (NMSA W9677/T3379), (C) paratype (JPM 2119); (D) C. sepimentum de Folin, 1868, Kosi Bay (NMSA S2010); (E) C. cf. oahuense Pilsbry, 1921, Aliwal Shoal, off Umkomaas area (JPM); (F) Caecum cf. gulosum Hedley, 1899, Kosi Bay (NMSA S2869); (G, H) C. succineum de Folin, 1880 — (G) between Bhanga Nek andKosi Bay (NMSAS1586), (H)Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh (NMSA W9684); (I) C. cf. glabrum (Montagu, 1803), Knysna, Gericke Point, Sedgefield (NMSA W9658); (J) C. glabrum (Montagu, 1803), Rabat, Morocco (MP); (K) C.lindae sp. n., holotype, Cape Morgan Lighthouse (NMSA W9682/T3924); (L, M) C. cf. musorstomi Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013, Landers reef (JPM); (N, O) C.austrafricanum sp.n., paratypes,Walker’s Point,W of Knysna (NMSA W9656/T3351);(P) C.knysnaense sp.n., paratype,Knysna,Gericke Point,Sedgefield (NMSAW9673/ T3364); (Q) C. intortum sp. n., paratype, Walker’s Point, W of Knysna (NMSA W9669/T3360); (R) C. macrum van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2000, Charbonnier, Senegal (MP); (S, T) C. crassum de Folin, 1870, Gabon (MP): (S) adult; (T) juvenile. Scale bar = 1 mm.