An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca)
Author
Herbert, David G.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4049
1
1
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journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1
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Crosseola foveolata
(Barnard,
1963
)
—new combination
(
Figure
6
M, N,
9
I
)
Turbo foveolatus
Barnard,
1963
a
:
216
, fig.
6
.
Type
loc.:
34
°
5
ʹS:
25
°
42
ʹE,
52
fathoms [=off Cape Recife,
95 m
];
syntypes
in
SAMC
(A
9284
).
Turbo foveolata
—Kensley,
1973
:
50
, fig.
136
.
Distribution.
Agulhas Bank, from off Algoa Bay area to off Cape Infanta;
91–285 m
(no data for living specimens).
Notes.
It is with some reservation that I refer this species to
Crosseola
, although I have more confidence that it is a member of the
Crosseolidae
. The small (height <3.0 mm), robust, whitish shell, absence of nacre, uninterrupted circular peristome and the form of the umbilicus are consistent with this family but the umbilical keel and anterior canal are relatively weakly developed and there is no variciform thickening of the outer lip. The reticulatefoveolate sculpture of the shell is reminiscent of the early whorls of
Crosseola concinna
(Angas,
1867
)
, but the species may ultimately prove to belong to an undescribed crosseolid genus. The shell is more robust and the spiral sculpture much weaker than in species of
Parviturbo
.