Parviturbo agulhasensis ( Thiele, 1925 )

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 42

Parviturbo agulhasensis ( Thiele, 1925) —new combination

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Vitrinella agulhasensis Thiele, 1925: 37 [71], pl. 3[15], fig. 17. Barnard, 1963c: 178. Kensley, 1973: 68, fig. 213. Type loc.: Valdivia St’n 95 (34°51ʹS: 19°37.8ʹE), 7.5 km south of Quoin Point, 80 m and St’n 106 (35°26.8ʹS: 20°56.2ʹE), Agulhas Bank [SE of Cape Agulhas, ca 70–80 m]; two syntypes from St’n 95 in ZMB.

Parviturboides agulhasensis — Kilburn, 1977: 181.

Distribution. Central KwaZulu-Natal (off Durban Bluff) to the Agulhas Bank (Cape Agulhas area, 70–420 m (no data for living specimens).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, B, Cocculinella minutissima (E. A. Smith, 1904), off Cape St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, 160 – 180 m, length 3.8 mm (NMSA E 3091). C, D, Lepetella sp., NE of Gipsy Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, 63 – 70 m, length 4.1 mm (NMSA S 3478). E – G, Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863, off Boteler Point, KwaZulu-Natal, 53 m, length 8.0 mm (NMSA S 6867). H, Calliotropis acherontis B. A. Marshall, 1979, off Shixini Point, E. Cape, 500 m, height 4.8 mm (NMSA C 7073). I – J, Visayaseguenzia compsa (Melvill, 1904), off Gobey's Point, KwaZulu-Natal, 55 – 100 m, diameter 2.5 mm (NMSA E 1427). K, Parviturbo agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925), south of Quoin Point, W. Cape, 80 m, diameter 1.9 mm (syntype, ZMB). L, Parviturbo alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915), Cannon Rocks, Algoa Bay, E. Cape, height 3.3 mm (NMSA E 1538). [Images not to scale.]