Lepetella

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 : 9

Lepetella sp.—new record

( Figure 3 C, D)

Cocculinidae sp. 3834: Jay, 2014.

Distribution. Réunion and northern Zululand (off Kosi Bay) to central KwaZulu-Natal (off Umlaas Canal); 50– 250 m (no data for living specimens).

Notes. Local material comprises only dead shells. Since it is evidently impossible to identify Lepetella species using shell characters alone ( Dantart & Luque 1994), further progress in identifying South African specimens must await the collection of living specimens. These are usually to be found in or on the tubes of polychaete worms ( Hickman 1983).

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.]