Deep-water Photinae (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) from eastern Africa, with descriptions of five new species Author Fraussen, Koen 5F9EFCF2-5BCF-486E-8D3E-088D85C45882 Research Associate Institute of Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, CP 51, Rue Cuvier 57, 75005 Paris, France. & Leuvensestraat 25, 3200 Aarschot, Belgium. koen.fraussen@skynet.be Author Galindo, Lee Ann B84DC387-F1A5-4FE4-80F2-5C93E41CEC15 Research Associate Institute of Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, CP 51, Rue Cuvier 57, 75005 Paris, France. akamaikai@gmail.com Author Rosado, José 0415DDDF-2BC1-40CC-9DF6-06146A31C7AB Avenida Friedrich Engels 373 - 1 °, 1101 Maputo, Mozambique. joserosadoi@hotmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-10-16 720 144 169 journal article 9730 10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1123 b2af6f58-5672-4dd6-b1f1-b8ad884ae1b6 4106593 C77C4C91-762D-4A06-82FA-3C58294E1570 Phos gemmulifer Kilburn, 2000 Fig. 1 D–E Phos gemmulifer Kilburn, 2000: 204 , figs 1–2. Antillophos gemmulifer – Kilburn, Marais & Fraussen 2010: 25 . Type locality Southern Mozambique , Quissico–Zavora area, depth c. 200– 300 m . Material examined MAYOTTE • 1 dd; NW Mayotte , Mozambique Channel, BIOMAGLO stn DW4848; 12°35′ S , 44°55′ E ; depth 399–402 m ; Jan. 2017 ; BIOMAGLO exped.; MNHN IM-2013-69815 ( Fig. 1 D–E) . MOZAMBIQUE • 3 lv ; Quissico–Zavora ; 25°10′ S , 35°17′ E ; depth 375–450 m ; J. Rosado leg.; trawl; JR • 2 lv , 3 dd; Quissico–Zavora ; 25°22′ S , 35°09′ E ; depth 350–450 m ; J. Rosado leg.; trawl; JR • 2 dd; “ Off Mozambique , by fishermen”; old collection; KF 3947 • 1 dd; same collection data as for preceding; KF 4816 . Distribution Known from southern Mozambique only. Remarks This large species is characterized by its rather inflated shape with a moderately high spire and pronounced sculpture consisting of pronounced, widely spaced axial ribs that form big, rounded knobs when crossing the broad, flattened spiral cords. The colour of the shell is uniform white, cream to yellowish. No similar species in the western Indian Ocean are known to us.