Caecum chinense de Folin 1868
Creators: name: Vannozzi, Angelo
name: Pizzini, Mauro
name: Raines, Bret
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Caecidae
Caecum
Caecum chinense

description: Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868
Figs 3, 26L
Caecum chinense de Folin, 1868: 80, pl. 9, figs 3, 4.
Caecum chinense: Albano & Pizzini 2011: 3–5, fig. 2A–H, J.
Caecum chinense: Pizzini et al. 2013: 29–30, 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).
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); 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); 5 sh, Mapelane (NMSA E1662); 1 sh, off Richards bay, shallow dredgings, viii.1986 (JPM); 13 sh, Mapelane, S of St. Lucia, iv.1981 (JPM 2116); 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); 7 sh, off Richards bay, ­ 50 m, fine quartzite, broken shell, ex C.S.I.R. Water Research (NMSA A 6071); 2 sh, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, - 10 m, sand and reef debris, hand-dredged D. Herbert 4.iv.1992 (NMSA S 8217); 1 sh, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, ± - 16 m depth, hand-dredged sand (NMSA S 5922); 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); 1 sh, Richards bay, sand from harbour dredger (NMSA E 1667); 1 sh, Aliwal Shoal, - 9–15 m depth (NMSA E 6166); 79 sh and 2 fragments, Durban Bay, shallow dredgings (NMSA E 1019); 4 sh, Landers Reef (off Park Rynie), - 30 m, slightly muddy sand (NMSA E 1668); 2 sh (worn), Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, - 10–20 m, sand (NMSA S 6743); 2 lv, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, - 20 m ca., hand-dredged sand (NMSA S 7902); 1 lv, Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh, ± - 14 m (NMSA S 6160); 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); 2 sh, T. O. Strand, 2 km N of Port Edward (NMSA E 1661); 5 sh (subadult), Leisure Bay, Port Edward, beach (JPM 2411); Eastern Cape: 1 sh, Mzamba, beachdrift, leg. R. Kilburn & D. Herbert 12–30.v.1986 (NMSA W 9662); 5 sh, Mzamba (NMSA E 1663); 23 sh, Mzamba, near Natal border (JPM); MOZAMBIQUE: 2 sh, sandbank S of Santa Carolina, Bazaruto Archipelago, in beach drift (NMSA G 6534); PHILIPPINES: Palawan Is.: 4 sh, Meara I., 15 m (MP); 3 sh, Monoa Bay, 11 m (MP). Doubtful: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 1 lv (juv), Walker’s Point, W of Knysna, leg. J.P. Marais iii.1991 (NMSA W 9663).
Distribution: Indo­West Pacific; this species was collected in several stations along the eastern coast of South Africa (Fig. 3). Its occurrence on the southern coast needs confirmation.
description: Published as part of Vannozzi, Angelo, Pizzini, Mauro & Raines, Bret, 2015, Revision of South African Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 99 in African Invertebrates 56 (1) on pages 101-102, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0109, http://zenodo.org/record/7661863