Deep-water Photinae (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) from eastern Africa, with descriptions of five new species

  • Koen Fraussen Institute of Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (ISYEB), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, CP 51, Rue Cuvier 57, 75005 Paris, France
  • Lee Ann Galindo Institute of Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (ISYEB), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, CP 51, Rue Cuvier 57, 75005 Paris, France
  • José Rosado Avenida Friedrich Engels 373-1, 1101 Maputo, Mozambique
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1123
Keywords: Nassariidae, Photinae, Indian Ocean, eastern Africa, deep-water

Abstract

Deep-water species from the western Indian Ocean off the East African coast and Madagascar, belonging to the subfamily Photinae, are discussed and compared with species from the West Pacific. Phos elegantissimus Hayashi & Habe, 1965, P. hirasei Sowerby, 1913 and P. laevis Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961 are recorded from Mozambique and/or from Madagascar, hereby extending their known range considerably into the western Indian Ocean. The East African specimens formerly assigned to Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844 are found to differ from this West Pacific species. In total, five species are described as new: Phos ganii sp. nov., P. geminus sp. nov., P. ladoboides sp. nov., P. pulchritudus sp. nov. and P. testaceus sp. nov.

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Published
2020-10-16
How to Cite
Fraussen, K., Galindo, L. A., & Rosado, J. (2020). Deep-water Photinae (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) from eastern Africa, with descriptions of five new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 720(1), 144-169. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1123
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Vol. 720 (2020)
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