Jujubinus hubrechti Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 54

Jujubinus hubrechti Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 —new record

( Figure 6 H–L)

Jujubinus hubrechti Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006: 88 , pl. 38, fig. 2. Poppe & Tagaro, 2008b: 198, pl. 44, fig. 3. Vilvens 2012: 12, figs 35, 36. Type loc.: Balicasag Island, Philippines, 80–150 m; holotype in NMPM.? Calliostoma sp. 3587— Jay, 2014.

Distribution. Central Indo-West Pacific to the south-western Indian Ocean; off southern Mozambique and northern Zululand (Ponta Techobanine to Gipsy Hill); 50–110 m (no data for living specimens).

Notes. Described from the Philippines and recorded here for the first time in the western Indian Ocean. Rather variable in proportions and sculpture, and often with growth flaws where non-lethal damage has been repaired. Typical specimens have four spiral cords between the subsutural and peripheral keels, but others with coarser sculpture have only three. Some specimens also have a fine secondary spiral thread between the primary cords. As with many Cantharidinae the colour may vary from red/pink to green. A juvenile specimen from Réunion illustrated and identified as Calliostoma sp. by Jay (2014) may also be referable to this species. Jujubinus maldivensis (E.A. Smith, 1903) is similar, but has a double peripheral keel and attains a larger size.

Figures

FIGURE 6. A – D, Falsimargarita glaucophaos (Barnard, 1963), syntype, diameter 12.5 mm (SAM A 9830). E – G, Spectamen martensi sp. n., holotype, off Waterfall Bluff, E. Cape, 300 m, diameter 4.5 mm (NMSA C 9714 / T 4032). H – L, Jujubinus hubrechti Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006, H, I, off Ponta Techobanine, southern Mozambique, 90 – 100 m, length 6.0 mm and 7.2 mm respectively (NMSA L 8392), J – L, off Gipsy Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, 110 m, length 5.3 mm and 6.0 mm respectively (NMSA E 3716). M, N, Crosseola foveolata (Barnard, 1963), M, SSE of Tsitsikamma, E. Cape, 275 – 285 m, length 2.8 mm (NMSA V 3610), N, oblique view of base, SSE of Knysna, W. Cape, 101 m, diameter 2.33 mm (NMSA V 1793). O – Q, Turbo tursicus Reeve, 1848, off Rocktail Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 65 m, length 14.3 mm (NMSA D 6362). R, S, Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779, coral reefs off Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 – 22 m, length 20.5 mm (NMSA S 1068). [Images not to scale.]