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Stimpson, 1851 in
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: 112. Type locality: Florida.
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Dall, 1924: 7;
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de Folin, 1868: 49, pl. 5, fig. 2;
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de Folin, 1869: 9, fig. 4;
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de Folin, 1869: 8, 9, fig. 3;
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Dall, 1892: 302, pl. 16, figs 6, 7;
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de Folin, 1874: 213, t. 2, pl. 4, fig. 7;
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de Folin, 1869: 13, fig. 9;
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de Folin, 1869: 11, 12, fig. 7;
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de Folin, 1869: 11, fig. 6;
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de Folin, 1881: 17, pl. 1, fig. 9;
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de Folin, 1870: 188, pl. 26, figs 3, 4;
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de Folin, 1870: 189, pl. 26, figs 5, 6;
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, 1874: 251, pl. 5, fig. 3;
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de Folin, 1869: 10, fig. 5;
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de Folin, 1869: 165, pl. 23, fig. 8;
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de Folin, 1869: 12, fig. 8.
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French Antilles • 1 (Fig.
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); Martinique, Anse Noir;
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,
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; depth 6 m; 6 Sep 2016; MNHN Madibenthos exped.; Stat. AB102; GenBank: MT704298, MT731714; MNHN-IM-2013-72087a • 1; same collection data as for preceding; GenBank: MT704299, MT731715; MNHN-IM-2013-72087b.
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Shell translucent, glossy. Light brown zig-zag pattern covering entire shell in rings with irregular white dorsal patches (Fig.
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). Bulbous tube, tapering towards aperture and posterior end. Maximum width at about one third of shell length. Slightly more bowed towards aperture. Septum flat, with triangular, pointed mucro (Fig.
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). No sculpture or microsculpture diagnostic features (Fig.
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).
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(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D, E</emphasis>
) 100
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(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I, J, O, P</emphasis>
); 200
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(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A, B, M, N</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="1859" class="Gastropoda" family="Caecidae" genus="Meioceras" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meioceras" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Meioceras</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in particular &quot;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nitidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; has a complex taxonomic history involving at present 16 synonyms and several reallocations between
<taxonomicName authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="1859" class="Gastropoda" family="Caecidae" genus="Meioceras" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meioceras" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Meioceras</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="J. Fleming" authorityYear="1813" class="Gastropoda" family="Caecidae" genus="Caecum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caecum" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Caecum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="MolluscaBase" journalOrPublisher="Diversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://www.molluscabase.org" refId="B70" refString="MolluscaBase, 2019. MolluscaBase. http://www.molluscabase.org" title="MolluscaBase." url="http://www.molluscabase.org" year="2019">MolluscaBase 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation author="Vannozzi, A" journalOrPublisher="Bolletino Malacologico" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="121 - 149" refId="B101" refString="Vannozzi, A, 2017. The family Caecidae (Molluska: Gastropoda) from the Central Philippines. Bolletino Malacologico 53: 121 - 149" title="The family Caecidae (Molluska: Gastropoda) from the Central Philippines." volume="53" year="2017">Vannozzi (2017)</bibRefCitation>
highlighted the problems with the ambiguous type specimen of
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nitidum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nitidum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nitidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25197" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Proceeding of the Boston Society of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="112 - 113" refId="B93" refString="Stimpson, W, 1851a. Monograph of the genus Caecum in the United States. Proceeding of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 112 - 113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25197" title="Monograph of the genus Caecum in the United States." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25197" volume="4" year="1851 a">Stimpson 1851a</bibRefCitation>
), which encouraged multiple novel descriptions (e.g.,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06397.x" author="Carpenter, PP" journalOrPublisher="Smithonian Libaries, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B11" refString="Carpenter, PP, 1858-1859. First steps towards a Monograph of the Caecidae, A family of Rostiferous Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 413-432, 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06397.x" title="First steps towards a Monograph of the Caecidae, A family of Rostiferous Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 413 - 432, 433 - 444." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06397.x" year="1858 - 1859">Carpenter 1858-1859</bibRefCitation>
; De Folin and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Périer">Perier</normalizedToken>
1867), nowadays recognized as synonyms. Our two investigated specimens from Martinique are consistent with the meagre original description by
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25197" author="Stimpson, W" journalOrPublisher="Proceeding of the Boston Society of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="112 - 113" refId="B93" refString="Stimpson, W, 1851a. Monograph of the genus Caecum in the United States. Proceeding of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 112 - 113, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25197" title="Monograph of the genus Caecum in the United States." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25197" volume="4" year="1851 a">Stimpson (1851a)</bibRefCitation>
based on specimens from Florida and several redescriptions based on material from the Caribbean and southern America, now all accepted as
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nitidum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nitidum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nitidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nitidum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nitidum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nitidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see
<bibRefCitation author="Bandel, K" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="53 - 115" refId="B4" refString="Bandel, K, 1996. Phylogeny of the Caecidae (Caenogastropoda). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg 79: 53 - 115" title="Phylogeny of the Caecidae (Caenogastropoda)." volume="79" year="1996">Bandel 1996</bibRefCitation>
: 99, pl. 5, figs 1-7;
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. contractum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="contractum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. contractum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see
<bibRefCitation author="De Folin, L" journalOrPublisher="Savy, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B23" refString="De Folin, L, Perier, L, 1875. Les Fonds de la Mer. Etude sur les Particularites Nouvelles des Regions Sous-Marines. Savy, Paris" title="Les Fonds de la Mer. Etude sur les Particularites Nouvelles des Regions Sous-Marines." year="1875">
de Folin and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Périer">Perier</normalizedToken>
1875
</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 9, fig. 7). Our specimens differ morphologically from several &quot;
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nitidum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nitidum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nitidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; specimens from Central American waters all of which were described as a different species in the past but later synonymized with
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nitidum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nitidum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nitidum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
acknowledging intraspecific variability (i.e.,
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. elongatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="elongatum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. elongatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype accessible through the online catalogue of the MNHN (MNHN-IM-2000-32923) and
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. subinflexum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="subinflexum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. subinflexum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see de Folin and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Périer">Perier</normalizedToken>
1867: pl. 23, fig. 8). Molecular comparison of specimens spanning the morphological and geographical range is needed to clarify the species status and distribution of the species.
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