Mauroceras kajiyamai ( Habe, 1963 )

Vannozzi, Angelo, 2023, The Caecidae from BIOMAGLO Expedition in the Mayotte-Glorieuses area (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Zoosystema 45 (12), pp. 421-434 : 431

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a12

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5EB87A24-068B-40F3-B76B-79E4F48C478A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8183534

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A4967B-FFDD-FFD7-B2BA-FBEBF50196DF

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scientific name

Mauroceras kajiyamai ( Habe, 1963 )
status

 

Mauroceras kajiyamai ( Habe, 1963) View in CoL

( Fig. 3M View FIG )

Meioceras kajiyamai Habe, 1963: 231 View in CoL , fig. 5. — Vannozzi 2019a: 91 (and synonymy therein).

Parastrophia christinae Selli, 1974: 305 View in CoL , pl. 16, figs 5, 6.

Meioceras mateldae Selli, 1974: 306 View in CoL , pl. 16, figs 8, 9.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. Japan • dd; Amami-Oshima , Ankyaba, Kakeroma Jima; NMNS figured by Pizzini et al. (2013: fig. 15 M).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Pacific Ocean, Japan, Amami-Oshima, Ankyaba, Kakeroma Jima.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Mayotte • 1 dd; Mozambique Channel , W Mayotte, BIOMAGLO Stn DW4847; 12°41’S, 44°57’E; 738- 763 m depth; 30.I.2017; MNHN GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific, from the eastern coast of Africa to Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Japan, New Caledonia ( Habe 1963; Hasegawa 2000; Pizzini et al. 2013; Vannozzi 2017; 2019a; 2019b; unpublished data).

DIAGNOSIS. — Shell of average size for the genus, semitransparent whitish, glossy. Tube subcylindrical, tapering toward both the apex and the aperture. Maximum width located at about one quarter of the length close to the aperture. Sculpture of fine, regular rings. Septum on the cutting plane, with a strong mucro, showing a straight dorsal side and a sloping, slightly convex ventral side. Young stage showing a rapid growth and a cow-horn shape. Protoconch planispiral of about 1.75 whorls with a shallow sinusigera. Adult shell length 2.8 mm.

REMARKS

A single, slightly worn specimen was found in the studied material. No differences can be seen with respect to specimens coming from other Indo-West Pacific localities.

NMNS

Taiwan [Republic of China], Taichung, National Museum of Natural Science

NMNS

National Museum of Natural Science

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

Family

Caecidae

Genus

Mauroceras

Loc

Mauroceras kajiyamai ( Habe, 1963 )

Vannozzi, Angelo 2023
2023
Loc

Parastrophia christinae

SELLI R. 1974: 305
1974
Loc

Meioceras mateldae

SELLI R. 1974: 306
1974
Loc

Meioceras kajiyamai

VANNOZZI A. 2019: 91
HABE T. 1963: 231
1963
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