Caecum cf. gulosum Hedley, 1899

Vannozzi, Angelo, Pizzini, Mauro & Raines, Bret, 2015, Revision of South African Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), African Invertebrates 56 (1), pp. 99-99 : 115-116

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0109

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7662094

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6171E5C-FFF7-FFA4-27A2-BA6B802E32A0

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scientific name

Caecum cf. gulosum Hedley, 1899
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Caecum cf. gulosum Hedley, 1899 View in CoL

Figs 13 View Fig , 25F View Fig

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 1 lv, Kosi Bay , main reef, 1–4 km S of estuary mouth, stone surfaces, ± - 15 m, dived D. Herbert, 4.v.1990 ( NMSA S2869 About NMSA ) .

Description:Tube evenly arched, colourless, semitransparent. Surface crossed by coarse growth lines, assuming the form of small, hardly visible rings toward the aperture. The tube widens before the aperture, forming a ring-like swelling, which is crossed by some ill­defined annulations, after which it contracts again, ending with a very small ring. Microsculpture composed by a fine worm­like striation. Septum dome­shaped, protruding, with a low dorsal mucro. Periostracum colourless. Operculum thin, flat, corneous, multispiral, internal side with a slightly raised nucleus sorrounded by a tight spire of 7 whorls, external side with a concave nucleus. Length: 1.9 mm.

Distribution: Caecum gulosum is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean ( Pizzini et al. 2013). A single specimen tentatively attributed to this species was found on the eastern coast of South Africa ( Fig. 13 View Fig ).The presence of Caecum gulosum in South Africa needs confirmation.

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

Family

Caecidae

Genus

Caecum

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