Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868

Vannozzi, Angelo, Pizzini, Mauro & Raines, Bret, 2015, Revision of South African Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), African Invertebrates 56 (1), pp. 99-99 : 101-102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0109
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7675614
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scientific name	Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868
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Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868 View in CoL

Figs 3 View Fig , 26L View Fig

Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868: 80 View in CoL , pl. 9, figs 3, 4.

Caecum chinense: Albano & Pizzini 2011: 3–5 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , fig. 2A–H, J.

Caecum chinense: Pizzini et al. 2013: 29–30 View in CoL , fig. 12K–N.

Type locality: Near Deux Freres , China Seas [ VIETNAM].

Type material examined: Lectotype ( MNHN-IM- 2000-24905 ) selected by Pizzini et al. (2013: 29, fig. 12L). GoogleMaps

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 1 sh, Stn ZO 4, off Cape St. Lucia (28°31.8'S 32°26.9'E), - 76–80 m, coarse sand with mud, dredged R.V. Meiring Naudé, NMDP, 12.vi.1988 ( NMSA E5196 About NMSA ); GoogleMaps 1 sh, Leadsman Shoal, Raggie Reef , - 8–14 m, a mixed algal and coral reef, 1–2 km N of Leven Point, sorted from stone washings ( NMSA E2726 About NMSA ); GoogleMaps 5 sh, Mapelane ( NMSA E1662 About NMSA ); 1 sh, off Richards bay , shallow dredgings, viii.1986 ( JPM); 13 sh, Mapelane, S of St. Lucia, iv.1981 ( JPM 2116 ); GoogleMaps 6 sh, Mission Rocks, N of St. Lucia, v.1989 ( JPM); 86 sh, off St. Lucia Lighthouse , - 50 m, ex C.S.I.R. Water Res. ( NMSA A 6212 About NMSA ); 7 sh, off Richards bay , 50 m, fine quartzite, broken shell, ex C.S.I.R. Water Research ( NMSA A 6071 About NMSA ); GoogleMaps 2 sh, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, - 10 m, sand and reef debris, hand-dredged D. Herbert 4.iv.1992 ( NMSA S 8217 About NMSA ); GoogleMaps 1 sh, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, ± - 16 m depth, hand-dredged sand ( NMSA S 5922 About NMSA ); 2 lv and 1 sh, Aliwal Shoal (off Umkomaas), - 27 m, silt from between rocks, dived G. Smith, don. J.P. Marais, iii.1988 ( NMSA E 1669 About NMSA ); 1 sh, Richards bay , sand from harbour dredger ( NMSA E 1667 About NMSA ); 1 sh, Aliwal Shoal, - 9–15 m depth ( NMSA E 6166 About NMSA ); 79 sh and 2 fragments, Durban Bay , shallow dredgings ( NMSA E 1019 About NMSA ); 4 sh, Landers Reef (off Park Rynie), - 30 m, slightly muddy sand ( NMSA E 1668 About NMSA ); 2 sh (worn), Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, - 10–20 m, sand ( NMSA S 6743 About NMSA ); 2 lv, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, - 20 m ca., hand-dredged sand ( NMSA S 7902 About NMSA ); 1 lv, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, ± - 14 m ( NMSA S 6160 About NMSA ); 14 sh, Aliwal Shoal, off Umkomaas area , - 27 m, SCUBA, i.1988 ( JPM); 1 sh, Landers Reef, off Scottburgh area , - 45 m depth, SCUBA, iv.1988 ( JPM); 1 lv and 9 sh, Durban Bay , shallow dredgings ( JPM 2118 ); 84 sh, Durban Bay , shallow dredgings, sand ( NMSA A 5423 About NMSA ); 2 sh, T. O. Strand, 2 km N of Port Edward ( NMSA E 1661 About NMSA ); 5 sh (subadult), Leisure Bay , Port Edward , beach ( JPM 2411 ); GoogleMaps Eastern Cape: 1 sh, Mzamba, beachdrift, leg. R. Kilburn & D. Herbert 12–30.v.1986 ( NMSA W 9662 About NMSA ); GoogleMaps 5 sh, Mzamba ( NMSA E 1663 About NMSA ); 23 sh, Mzamba, near Natal border ( JPM); MOZAMBIQUE: 2 sh, sandbank S of Santa Carolina , Bazaruto Archipelago , in beach drift ( NMSA G 6534 About NMSA ); PHILIPPINES: Palawan Is.: 4 sh, Meara I., 15 m ( MP); 3 sh, Monoa Bay , 11 m ( MP). GoogleMaps Doubtful: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 1 lv (juv), Walker’s Point, W of Knysna, leg. J.P. Marais iii.1991 ( NMSA W 9663 About NMSA ). GoogleMaps

Distribution: IndoWest Pacific; this species was collected in several stations along the eastern coast of South Africa ( Fig. 3 View Fig ). Its occurrence on the southern coast needs confirmation.