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).